THE NEWCASTLE NOODLES.

Be easy, good folks, for we're all safe enough, Better fortune seems now to attend us; And two canny fellows, both lusty and tough, Have rais'd a new corps to defend us. Men sound wind and limb, good sighted and stout, That can fight well, without being daunted; Free from all diseases, such like as the gout, And can jump, or be ready when wanted. CHORUS. Then if any invaders should dare us to fight, Let it be on the shore or the river, Bold Archy the Noodle, and Tommy the Knight, Will guard and protect us for ever. The Noodles have ne'er been at battle as yet, Nor been brought down by scanty provision; So to try them whenever his worship thinks fit, He'll find them in famous condition. In all their manœuvres there's scarcely a flaw, They're quite up to the science o' killing; For the Noodle drill Serjeant's a limb o' the law, And an old practis'd hand at the drilling. Then if any invaders, &c. Misfortunes, however, will sometimes attend, For one morning, by danger surrounded, A poor fellow splinter'd his fore-finger end, And, of course, in the service was wounded. 'Tis true a sair finger's a very bad thing, But it didn't diminish his beauty; So the next day he just popp'd his arm in a sling, And, Briton-like, went upon duty. Then if any invaders, &c. They have all been abroad, and as far too as Shields, But to walk there was no easy matter, So, for fear that their boots should go down in the heels, They took the steam boat down the watter. Their warlike appearance was awfully grand, When they fired, it sounded like thunder, Which put all the natives o' Shields to a stand, And left them for ages to wonder. Then if any invaders, &c. What a pity they cannot get medals to buy, greatly would add to their grandeur; "There's Waterloo soldiers!" the strangers would cry, And think Archy was great Alexander. These mighty Preservers if death cannot save, But send one or two of them bummin; The rest o' the Noodles would fire o'er his grave, And tell the below-folks he's coming. Then if any invaders, &c.