| Show CHARGE OF TIE TIGHT BRIGADE Half a league half a league Half a league yonder Out from Armory hall Marched the half hundred Forward the Liberal parade 1 Charge for Ben Whittemorus they said Into the Railroad Exchange Marched the half hundred t Forward the Liberal parade I Was there a toper dismayed Though all of them Imow Their nickels were numbered Thclw not to make reply Theirs not to reason why Theirs but to get drunk and lio Belching in the gutter Beastly half hundred Whisky to right of them Whisky to left of them Rotgut inside of them Fermented and rumbled Stormed at with whoop and yell On on they went poll mel Out of Ben Whlttemorcs saloon Out of the mouth of hell Staggered the half hundred I Plunged in tobacco smoke Right through the door they broke Reeling to and fro each soak Laggered and stumbled Rushing out in the open air Hear how they curse and swear When ihey get on such a tear I Hoodlum and vagrant Soon they march back Along the railway track All who could stand of them Of the ignoble half hundred When can their gory noses fade I What an tl inglorious parade 1 All night In the muddy streets they laid Where they all slumbered I Disgraceful the charge the made J Abominably tight brigade I bngo Drunken half hun red |
