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PK TWENTY-SIX NOTES
Sounded Copied by permission Beautifully Painted , £5 8s.
Introduction — The Trumpeter A was an Adjutant, “ Ride a Cock-Horse ”
B was a Brigadier, “ crusty and cross ”
C a Controller, laden with gold D was a drummer-boy, youthful, yet bold E was an Engineer, spying the land F a Field-Marshal, Baton in hand G was a Guardsman, lengthy and slim H a Hussar surnamed “ Cherubim ”
1 an Instructor, who taught us to shoot J was a Jolly though simple recruit K was a Knapsack, the defaulter abhors L was the Lancer, “ Aut Gloria Mors ”
M Mounted Rifles, alas I now no more
ON A SOLDIER’S TRUMPET
•Major F. E. Scanlan. of Messrs. Houghton & Gunn.
Plain Photographs, £1 Is. tlie set.
„ _ Old Soldier, _ „
P the Provost, where they work them in chains
R a Royal “ Plunger,” who ogled the^asses S was a Surgeon , they called him a ** Pill ”
T was a “ Tippler,” uncommonly ill U was the Union Jack, long may it wave
V the Victoria Cross, earned by the brave W for Wooden Legs, Wars, and Waterloo
X the extension that youth must go through
Y was a Yeoman, he’d fight with the best
Z was the Zouave they called “ Second West "
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ARMY AND NAVY DROLLERIES.
By Major Seccombe. Beautifully Painted, £1 16s. the s<
Plain Photographs, £1 4s.
I A is an Admiral, sturdy and bold ;
Observe his cooked hat ornamented with gold 1 B is a Bandsman j how sweet to recline
On the turi, close beside the gay bandsman,
ir Draqoon, s<
le called h
On his wa Queen
4 D stands ic light
„ To call this a heavy one surely is right o E ior the Elegant Subaltern, colour in hr A spectacle noble, im O Extends ior Field-Mi
7 G stands for Guardsman, who wi
8 jWe should think ht
*WhenDhts enemies
ii, in uniform gay;
10 J for jolly Jack Tar, come ashore for the day , To enjoy a good lark, and get rid of his pay ■1 K stands for Kettledrums, played as you see A performance like this very martial may be •2 L for Lancer, who stalks with importance in
an they se ou’ll obsei
18 M stands for Marines— on the oc And it isn’t a pleasure at times,
14 N and O, Naval Officers, fi deeds
Here are two little middies indulging in wi
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Descriptive Booh in Verse, Is 15 P is the Piper, whose strains so entra
1 Recruit, undergoing the ills s now termed elementary drills Sentry — ’twould be, I should s ' rely rash to delay
22 X for Tents Prince Hussars,
Very gorgeous to view
28 Y for imply
Wales' own Royal w are such bold sons of Younq Sub-Lieutenant, his dress would address (a dress) would most
surely deny
1 Z the Zouave costume, with its ooloor so bright, Which our bold negro infantry sport with
Who fought on the Gold Coast rest,
Where King Coflee Caloalli c
OUR PENNY READINGS.
A Series of Original Designs.
Beautifully Painted, £2 10s. the set of 14 Scenes, with Beading. Plain Photographs, £1 Is. with Beading.
1 Introduction
“ A deputation wants Silas Moggs, Esq., who, after refusing three times out of pure modesty, con„ seats to preside on the oocasion “ Sl*as Moggs, Esq. enters the Hall somewhat late and takes the chair
4 The Chairman rises and says, “ Ladies and Gentlek -pu “en» as an Employer of Labour,” &c.
6 The Chairman, as an employer OS labour, keeps
6 A gentleman recftes, “ The head and front of my
9 The Youthful Reoiter, speaks through his nc_
10 A lady in the audience says to her friend, “The
words were very nice, but I did not think much of the tune, did you ? ”
11 A Young Lady and her Betrothed sing Watching
for Pa ”
12 A solo on the Violin, a string breaks
13 Fearful consequences, a catastrophe
14 The whole of the p '
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