All are ready for the fray,
All exclaim come don't delay;
All prepare IN fire away.
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All exclaim come don't delay;


All prepare to fire away,
And where's the corps louder.
TShokcn1 "Gentlemen, you in the front
row must kneel, and you in the second row
must stand up-this is what we call ffafonN
firing but mind, the gentlemen III the Sc
cond row are not allowed to shoot the gen
tlemen's heads off in the front row-and It
anv of the gentlemen in the front row should
fall down, the persons behind shall pick them
up again. Now, return ramrods. what,
what arc you doing Thereof" Why, I'm
returning the ramrod; ! borrowed 1t OF
Graball, and I'm doing as you bid me-"
Gentlemen if any Of YOU should bite your
cartridge at the wrong end, Just be KIND G.
nough to spit out the ball again.-Make rca-
dy-(one of them discharges his piece)-
Who's that firing before his time !-Present
(Anothcr hres.) There again.--now, gentle
-Firc-(thcy fire one after another.)
Really, never heard such irregular firing in
a regular regiment Why, gentlemen, what
what are you all dancing about-stand 1T
case-(thev knock the muskittos off with
their hands.) Attention -" oh, the mus
kittos, "-(thcy still keep knocking them ofl.)
Shoulder rms"-(the singer here knocks
the muskittos off his shoulders, arms, legs,
&c.)


Thus they exercise away.


And you'll say it is a joke, sirs.
For I've been on many a day,


With militia muster folk, sirs