LE PETIT MARÉCHAL.B

1. I was a little sergeant, don’t you see, And I drilled my soldiers one and twenty-three, And we all stepped out together, In fair and stormy weather, Myself and soldiers one and twenty-three.

2.

I was a little captain, happy me! Of my chosen band of one and twenty-three, And we roamed the world together, In fair and stormy weather, Myself and soldiers one and twenty-three.

3.

And now I am a marshal, as you see, With a score and four of soldiers under me, And we roam the world together In fair and stormy weather, Just five and twenty soldiers counting me.