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Sez the Junior Orderly Sergeant / To the Senior Orderly Man: / "Our Orderly Orf'cer's _hokee-mut_, / You 'elp 'im all you can. / For the wine was old and the night is cold, / An' the best we may go wrong, / So, 'fore 'e gits to the sentry-box, / You pass the word along."
So it was "Rounds! What Rounds? " at two of a frosty night, / 'E's 'oldin' on by the sergeant's sash, but, sentry, shut your eye. / An' it was "Pass! All's well! " Oh, ain't 'e drippin' tight! / 'E'll need an affidavit pretty badly by-an'-by.