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Jain 'Ardin' was a Sarjint's wife, / A Sarjint's wife wus she, / She married of 'im in Orldershort / An' comed across the sea. / (_Chorus_) / 'Ave you never 'eard tell o' Jain 'Ardin'? / Jain 'Ardin'? / Jain 'Ardin'? / 'Ave you never 'eard tell o' Jain 'Ardin'? / The pride o' the Companee? / _Old Barrack Room Ballad._
"A gentleman who doesn't know the Circasian Circle ought not to stand up for it -- puttin' everybody out. " That was what Miss McKenna said, and the Sergeant who was my _vis-à-vis_ looked the same thing. I was afraid of Miss McKenna. She was six feet high, all yellow freckles and red hair, and was simply clad in white satin shoes, a pink muslin dress, an apple-green stuff sash, and black silk gloves, with yellow roses in her hair. Wherefore I fled from Miss McKenna and sought my friend Private Mulvaney, who was at the cant -- refreshment-table.