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For certain soldiers lately dead

Our reverent dirge shall here be said.

Them, when their martial leader called,

No dread preparative appalled;

But leaden-hearted, leaden-heeled,

I marked them steadfast in the field.

Death grimly sided with the foe,

And smote each leaden hero low.

Proudly they perished one by one:

The dread Pea-cannon’s work was done!

O not for them the tears we shed,

Consigned to their congenial lead;

But while unmoved their sleep they take,

We mourn for their dear Captain’s sake,

For their dear Captain, who shall smart

Both in his pocket and his heart,

Who saw his heroes shed their gore,

And lacked a shilling to buy more!