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THE TOY BAND
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Cheerly goes the dark road, cheerly goes the night,Cheerly goes the blood to keep the beat:Half a thousand dead men marching on to fightWith a little penny drum to lift their feet.Rubadub! Rubadub! Wake and take the road again,Wheedle-deedle-deedle-dee, Come, boys, come!You that mean to fight it out, wake and take your load again,Fall in! Fall in! Follow the fife and drum!
As long as there's an Englishman to ask a tale of me,As long as I can tell the tale aright,We'll not forget the penny whistle's wheedle-deedle-deeAnd the big Dragoon a-beating down the night,Rubadub! Rubadub! Wake and take the road again,Wheedle-deedle-deedle-dee, Come, boys, come!You that mean to fight it out, wake and take your load again,Fall in! Fall in! Follow the fife and drum!
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