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"What are the bugles blowin' for? " said Files-on-Parade. / "To turn you out, to turn you out", the Colour-Sergeant said. / "What makes you look so white, so white? " said Files-on-Parade. / "I'm dreadin' what I've got to watch", the Colour-Sergeant said. / For they're hangin' Danny Deever, you can hear the Dead March play, / The regiment's in 'ollow square -- they're hangin' him to-day; / They've taken of his buttons off an' cut his stripes away, / An' they're hangin' Danny Deever in the mornin'.
"What makes the rear-rank breathe so 'ard? " said Files-on-Parade. / "It's bitter cold, it's bitter cold", the Colour-Sergeant said. / "What makes that front-rank man fall down? " said Files-on-Parade. / "A touch o' sun, a touch o' sun", the Colour-Sergeant said. / They are hangin' Danny Deever, they are marchin' of 'im round, / They 'ave 'alted Danny Deever by 'is coffin on the ground; / An' 'e'll swing in 'arf a minute for a sneakin' shootin' hound -- / O they're hangin' Danny Deever in the mornin'!