THE NAVAL MOUNTED 'ORSE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 11021, 11 September 1897, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE NAVAL MOUNTED 'ORSE.

*' A wbestling match between the New South Wales Lancers and a team of Blue-jackets from H.M S. Excellent caused a great deal of amusement, and, although Jack was on a vessel of whose steering he knew little, he managed to win, there being two sailors still' on deck' when all the Lancers had been •dismounted." —Daily paper. 1. We've played in every kind 0' game Since fust we corned to sea; "We've served in every kind o' land, From the Lizard to Fiji; "We've fought in every kind of way, With every kind of force, But the best of all was the 'Cultural 'AH, An' the Naval Moantcd 'Orse. 11. Oh! all the little soldier-men So bustin' np with pride, Sez they, " You little sailor-men, We'd like to see you ride." -Sez we, " We'll do the best we can, An' drops our legs acrorse; An' one o' the drums uez, " 'Era they comes, It's the Naval Mounted 'Orsel" in. We started out in line abreast, A-kicking up the dust; The Tommies sat a-watchin' U3, An* laughin' fit to bust. |3ea Jimmy, " Can yer pull 'er up?" Sez Ginger, " Why, of coarse, We're troopers now —but I don't know 'ow — In the Naval Mounted 'Orse," IV. We follered up the Leader, We reckoned that was bast. We got 'em in the centre, An* the 'orses done the rest. The Tommies 'ollered awful, An' the people 'owled acrorse; 'Twas the first parade o1o 1 the Big Brigade O' the Naval Mounted'Orse! v. But w'en we got to business It didn't look so gay. 'The soldiers sat it splendid, They seemed to 'aye the way. •So w'en the lines was facin' We didn't make salutes, We waited for the whistle, An' we grabbed 'em by the boots. VI. An' w'en we'd fairly started in We didn't here no more, *Cept everyone was cheerin' In a sort of 'owlin' roar. An' w'en the ranks was opened -I looks along the gorse. An' I sees 'em done. Sez I, " That's one For the Naval Mounted 'Orae." VII. They said we was the winners, Which made us cock a chest. They sail we done it splendid; We said thny done it best. But w'en the drinks was ordered, We 'auled 'em all inside, An' asked 'em werry nicely If they'd teach us 'ow to ride. VIII. We've played in every kind o' game Since fu&t we corned to sea; We've served in every kind o' land, From the Lizard to Fiji; We're Infantry, Artillery, And Seamen, too, of course, But the beat of all was the 'Cultural 'All. And the Naval Mounted 'Orse, —G. F. S. B. in the Globe.