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MY RIFLE
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The soldier doesn't clean his rifle
Has listed with intent to trifle.

The chap who doesn't clean his gun
Is sorriest soldier 'neath the sun.

I'm the Soldier's surest friend:
I will neither break nor bend.

Straight and sterling, tried and true—
You keep me and I'll keep you.