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THE WIDOW’S PARTY

‘Where have you been this while away,
       Johnnie, Johnnie?’
Out with the rest on a picnic lay,
       Johnnie, my Johnnie, aha!
They called us out of the barrack-yard
To Gawd knows where from Gosport Hard,
And you can’t refuse when you get the card,
       And the Widow gives the party.
        (Bugle.) Ta—rara—ra-ra-rara!

‘What did you get to eat and drink,
       Johnnie, Johnnie?’
Standing water as thick as ink,
       Johnnie, my Johnnie, aha!
A bit o’ beef that were three year stored,
A bit o’ mutton as tough as a board,
And a fowl we killed with a sergeant’s sword,
       When the Widow give the party.