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This 'appened in a battle to a batt'ry of the corps / Which is first among the women an' amazin' first in war; / An' what the bloomin' battle was I don't remember now, / But Two's off-lead 'e answered to the name o' _Snarleyow_. / Down in the Infantry, nobody cares; / Down in the Cavalry, Colonel 'e swears; / But down in the lead with the wheel at the flog / Turns the bold Bombardier to a little whipped dog!
They was movin' into action, they was needed very sore, / To learn a little schoolin' to a native army corps, / They 'ad nipped against an uphill, they was tuckin' down the brow, / When a tricky, trundlin' roundshot give the knock to _Snarleyow_.