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BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS
I’ll take my oath before them both that I will sure abstain,
But as soon as I’m in with a mate and gin, I know I’ll do it again!

  With a second-hand overcoat under my head
  And a beautiful view of the yard,:
Yes, it’s pack-drill for me and a fortnight’s C.B.
  For ‘drunk and resisting the Guard.’
   Mad drunk and resisting the Guard—
   ’Strewth, but I socked it them hard!
So it’s pack-drill with me and a fortnight’s C.B.
  For ‘drunk and resisting the Guard.’