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Our troop was encamped by the side of a stream / An' a very smart troop were we. / We 'ad Cavalry orficers -- straight from town, / An' we escorted Mister Commissioner Brown, / Commissioner Brown, C. B. / An' we 'eard that the Governor put 'im down, / For a spare K. C. M. G.!
We wos camped near by to a border town, / On the borders of Creegerland -- / A very despotic, republican state -- / An' there we 'ad got the order to wait, / But why, we did not understand. / So we bedded our 'orses, an' cussed at our fate / (For you can't cuss the man in command).