Songs and verses [electronic resource] . n the air!Bv the beat of his gallop thats nearing us still, That runaway horse has no rider, Ill swear 1 156 4* Boots and SaddlesP Theres a jolly Light Infantry post on the right, I hear their bugles, they sound the advance;Faith 1 theyll tip us a tune that shall wake upthe night,And were hardly the lads to leave out of at it already, I hear by the din :Boots and saddles ! the pickets are in ! They dont give us long our divisions to prove;Short, sharp, and distinct comes the word ofcommand, Have your men in the saddle! be ready
Songs and verses [electronic resource] . n the air!Bv the beat of his gallop thats nearing us still, That runaway horse has no rider, Ill swear 1 156 4* Boots and SaddlesP Theres a jolly Light Infantry post on the right, I hear their bugles, they sound the advance;Faith 1 theyll tip us a tune that shall wake upthe night,And were hardly the lads to leave out of at it already, I hear by the din :Boots and saddles ! the pickets are in ! They dont give us long our divisions to prove;Short, sharp, and distinct comes the word ofcommand, Have your men in the saddle! be ready the squadron together, the horses inhand!While a whispers caught up through the ranksas they form,A whisper that fain would break out in a cheer,How the foe is in force, how the work will be Boots and Saddles, •57 But steady ! the chief gallops up from the rearWith old Death or glory to fight is to win,And the colonel means mischief, I know by hia and saddles ! the pickets are in !Boots and saddles J the pickets are in !. THE FAIRIES SPRING. They have stolen the child from his fathershand,He is missed from his mothers knee;They have borne him away to their elfin landTo ride in the van of a fairy band,For a babe of the cross was he ;Fond father, meek mother, ye seek him in vain,Ye never shall look on your darling again. The Fairies Spring. 159 To the mountain-side where the flowers grewwild,He would wander forth to play;And the fairies had seen that winsome child,With his golden curls and blue eyes mild, And simple childish way;So the elf-king caught him, Come hither, said he, Come ride to the land of the fairies with me ! He thought not once of his mothers woe. 1 He forgot his fathers home,For they brought him a steed like the driven snow,And he smiled as they led him down below, Through middle earth to roam ;And they showed him their treasure of jewels and gold,And they welcomed the boy, for they loved himof old. 160 The Fairies Spying. But the child soon pined
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