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His chief Adjutant-General,
While feasting at the meal,
Called out a pair of batteries
To make the cannons peal.
And by the sound of music
With greed they gorge and quaff,
Full many belts were loosened
By all the royal staff.
They drank wine, beer and vodka,
And many a valiant knight
Filled up on meat and pastry
Then found his vest too tight.
They sang and danced, made merry
Upon the ballroom floor—
With popping corks they smothered
The noisy mortars’ roar.
And all who joined this jolly feast
Happily got drunk;
And, loaded up with dainties,
Were carried to their bunk.
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