PADDY ON SAMBO AS A SOLDIER.

13. August 2009 by admin.

BY PRIVATE MILES O’REILLY.

AIR: “The Low-backed Car.”

Some tell us ’tis a burning shame
To make the naygurs fight,
An’ that the thrade of bein’ kilt
Belongs but to the white;
But as for me, upon my sowl!
So liberal are we here,
I’ll let Sambo be murdered in place of myself
On every day in the year!
On every day in the year, boys,
And every hour in the day,
The right to be kilt I’ll divide wid him,
An’ divil a word I’ll say.

In battle’s wild commotion
I shouldn’t at all object
If Sambo’s body should stop a ball
That was comin’ for me direct;
And the prod of a Southern bagnet,
So liberal are we here,
I’ll resign, and let Sambo take it,
On every day in the year!
On every day in the year, boys,
And wid some of your nasty pride,
All my right in a Southern bagnet prod
Wid Sambo I’ll divide.

The men who object to Sambo
Should take his place and fight;
And it’s better to have a naygur’s hue
Than a liver that’s wake an’ white.
Though Sambo’s black as the ace of spades,
His finger a thrigger can pull,
And his eye runs straight on the barrel-sights
From under his thatch of wool!
So hear me all, boys, darlings,–
Don’t think I’m tippin’ you chaff.–
The right to be kilt I’ll divide wit him,
And give him the largest half!

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