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'BIRDS OF PREY' MARCH

March! The mud is cakin' good about our trousies.
Front!—eyes front, an' watch the Colour-casin's drip.
Front! The faces of the women in the 'ouses
Ain't the kind o' things to take aboard the ship.


Cheer! An' we'll never march to victory.
Cheer! An we'll never live to 'ear the cannon roar!
The Large Birds o' Prey
They will carry us away,
An you'll never see your soldiers any more!


Wheel! Oh, keep your touch; we're goin' round a corner.
Time!—mark time, an' let the men be'ind us close.
Lord! the transport's full, an' 'alf our lot not on 'er—
Cheer, O cheer! We're going off where no one knows.


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