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Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army

Note 57 — Chapter V · 1844–1845. ALLAHABAD TO ENGLAND

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The officer alluded to, familiarly known as “Paddy” Graves, parodied a well-known soldiers’ song of Peninsular days after this manner:—​

“The Sixty-second Springers all—​are Going to march unto Umballah—​r; And the Buffs, that gallant band—​are Going to their native land—​are. Love, farewell.”

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