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...soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his logs, So be laid down bis arms ! Now as they bore him off the field. Said he, " Let...leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot!" The army surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " They're only pegs : But there's as wooden members quite,...

...soldier bold, And used to war's alarms; But a cannon-ball took off hi s legs. So he laid down his arms! Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, Now as they bore him off the field. And the Forty-second Foot!" The army-surgeons made him limbs: Said...

...bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms ! ' Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave ray second leg, And the Forty-second Foot ! " ' The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " they're...

...bold, And used to war's alarms: But a cannon-ball look off his legs, So he laid down his arms! Xow, as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others...leave my second leg. And the Forty-second Foot.'' The army surgeons made him limbs: Said he, " They're only pegs; But there 's as wooden members quite. As...

...soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, Sa he laid down las arms. " Now, as they bore him off the field, Said he, ' Let...I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second foot.' " A humorous play upon the same terms in a paragraph taken from the" Nottingham Mercury," ¡a running...

...soldier bold, And us'd to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let...I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot." And in another song, with an astounding confusion of ideas, natural in one sense, and impossible in...

...soldier bold, And us'd to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took oft' his legs, So he laid down his arms. Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let...I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot." And in another song, with an astounding confusion of ideas, natural in one sense, and impossible in...

...soldier bold, And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms ! Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let...Foot ! " The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " They 're only pegs : Now Ben he loved a pretty maid, Her name was Nelly Gray ; So he went to...

...leg, And the Forty-second Foot! " The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he,—" They 're only pegs : Now Ben he loved a pretty maid, Her name was Nelly Gray ; So he went to pay her his devours, When he devoured his pay ! But when he called on Nelly Gray, She made him quite a scoff ; And when she saw...