The Mission That Failed

Our troop was encamped by the side of a stream
An' a very smart troop were we.
We 'ad Cavalry orficers -- straight from town,
An' we escorted Mister Commissioner Brown,
Commissioner Brown, C. B.
An' we 'eard that the Governor put 'im down,
For a spare K. C. M. G.!

We wos camped near by to a border town,
On the borders of Creegerland --
A very despotic, republican state --
An' there we 'ad got the order to wait,
But why, we did not understand.
So we bedded our 'orses, an' cussed at our fate
(For you can't cuss the man in command).