THE MOUTH-ORGAN
When drum and fife are silent,
When the pipes are packed away,
And the soldiers go
Too near the foe
For the bugle's noisy bray;
When our haversacks are heavy,
And our packs like Christian's load,
Then Jimmy Morgan[1]
Plays his old mouth-organ,
To cheer us on our road.
"It's a long, long way to Tipperary—"
When the pipes are packed away,
And the soldiers go
Too near the foe
For the bugle's noisy bray;
When our haversacks are heavy,
And our packs like Christian's load,
Then Jimmy Morgan[1]
Plays his old mouth-organ,
To cheer us on our road.
"It's a long, long way to Tipperary—"
- ↑ Though for obvious reasons of rhyme I have here ventured to appropriate the classic name "Jimmy Morgan," nevertheless the best mouth-organist in D Company, if not in the battalion, is 2203 Private William Brough. He informs me that his present instrument is something the worse for wear.
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