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"Where have you been this while away, / Johnnie, Johnnie? " / 'Long with the rest on a picnic lay, / Johnnie, my Johnnie, aha! / They called us out of the barrack-yard / To Gawd knows where from Gosport Hard, / And you can't refuse when you get the card, / And the Widow gives the party. / (_Bugle_: Ta -- rara -- ra-ra-rara! )
"What did you get to eat and drink, / Johnnie, Johnnie? " / Standing water as thick as ink, / Johnnie, my Johnnie, aha! / A bit o' beef that were three year stored, / A bit o' mutton as tough as a board, / And a fowl we killed with a sergeant's sword, / When the Widow give the party.