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But when the bandy oflScer was ordered to the coast
How she tore her lovely locks, that look'd so sandy, 0;
Adieu, my soul, says she, if you write, pray pay the
post,
But before wc part, let's take a drop of brandy, 0.
She filled him up a bumper, just before he left the
town.
And another for herself, so neat and handy, 0 ;
So they kept their spirits up, by their pouring spirib
down,
For love is Uke the cholic, cured with brandy, 0
Take a bottle on't, said she, for you're ^oina; into camp,
In your tent, you know, my love,'twill be the dandy,0
You're right, says he, my life, for a tent is ver\' damp.
And 'tis better with my tent to take some brondy,