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He ain't no gold-laced "Belvidere," / Ter sparkle in the sun; / He do'n't parade with gay cockade, / And posies in his gun; / He ain't no "pretty soldier boy," / So lovely, spick and span, -- / He wears a crust of tan and dust, / The Reg'lar Army man; / The marchin', parchin', / Pipe-clay starchin', / Reg'lar Army man.
He ain't at home in Sunday-school, / Nor yet a social tea, / And on the day he gets his pay / He's apt to spend it free; / He ain't no temp'rance advocate, / He likes ter fill the "can," / He's kind er rough, and maybe, tough, / The Reg'lar Army man; / The r'arin', tearin', / Sometimes swearin', / Reg'lar Army man.