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I had seen our splendid soldiers in their khaki uniforms, / And their leaders with a Sam Brown belt; / I had seen the fighting Britons and Colonials in swarms, / I had seen the blue-clad Frenchmen, and I felt / That the mighty martial show / Had no new sight to bestow, / Till I walked on Piccadilly, and my word! / By the bonnie Highland laddies / In their kilts and their plaidies, / To a wholly new sensation I was stirred.
They were like some old-time picture, or a scene from out a play, / They were stalwart, they were young, and debonnair; / Their jaunty little caps they wore in such a fetching way, / And they showed their handsome legs, and didn't care- / And they seemed to own the town / As they strode on up and down- / Oh, they surely were a sight for tired eyes! / Those braw, bonnie laddies / In their kilts and their plaidies, / And I stared at them with pleasure and surprise.