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COLUMNS
(MOBILE COLUMNS OF THE LATER WAR)
Out o' the wilderness, dusty an' dry
(Time, an' 'igh time to be trekkin' again!)
'Oo is it 'eads to the Detail Supply?
(A section, a pompom, an' six 'undred men).
'Ere comes the clerk with 'is lantern an' keys
(Time, an' 'igh time to be trekkin' again!)
"Surplus of everything—draw what you please
"For the section, the pompom, an' six 'undred men."
"What are our orders an' where do we lay?"
(Time, an' 'igh time to be trekkin' again!)
"You came after dark—you will leave before day,
"You section, you pompom, an' six 'undred men!"
Down the tin street, 'alf awake an' unfed,
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