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Parade-Song of the Camp Animals
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ELEPHANTS OF THE GUN-TEAM
We lent to Alexander the strength of Hercules, The wisdom of our foreheads, the cunning of our knees; We bowed our necks to service; they ne'er were loosed again,-- Make way there, way for the ten-foot teams Of the Forty-Pounder train!
GUN-BULLOCKS
Those heroes in their harnesses avoid a cannon-ball, And what they know of powder upsets them one and all; Then we come into action and tug the guns again,-- Make way there, way for the twenty yoke Of the Forty-Pounder train!
CAVALRY HORSES
By the brand on my withers, the finest of tunes Is played by
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