Part 2 — "THE SIMULATING OF THE GREEN"
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(Air: "Wearing of the Green")
Oh, Major dear, and did you hear the news that's going round? We Cavalry must simulate till horses can be found; We gallop and we single-foot as handsome as can be, But on our own two feet we ride—a horse you'll never see. 'Tis the most amazing spectacle that's ever graced the green; A hundred men a-riding where no horses can be seen. Oh, Colonel dear, ye'll grieve to hear Artillery's the same, Compared to simulating guns, a horse is rather tame; Last night I was the left rear wheel—it made me moighty sore, But dommed if I will be the swab and crawl inside the bore. 'Tis the most amazing spectacle that's ever graced the green, A-firing rounds and salvos where no cannons can be seen.