gilbert and sullivan - the soldiers of our queen lyrics
[dragoons]
the soldiers of our queen
are linked in friendly tether;
upon the battle scene
they fight the foe together
there ev’ry mother’s son
prepared to fight and fall is;
the enemy of one
the enemy of all is!
the enemy of one
the enemy of all is!
[colonel]
if you want a receipt for that popular mystery
known to the world as a heavy dragoon
[dragoons]
yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
[colonel]
take all the remarkable people in history
rattle them off to a popular tune
the pluck of lord nelson on board of the victory –
g*nius of bismarck devising a plan –
the humour of fielding (which sounds contradictory) –
coolness of paget about to trepan –
the science of jullien, the eminent musico –
wit of macaulay, who wrote of queen anne –
the pathos of paddy, as rendered by boucicault –
style of the bishop of sodor and man –
the dash of a d’orsay, divested of quackery –
narrative powers of d-ckens and thackeray –
victor emmanuel – peak-haunting peveril –
thomas aquinas, and doctor sacheverell –
tupper and tennyson – daniel defoe –
anthony trollope and mister guizot! ah!
take of these elements all that is fusible
melt them all down in a pipkin or crucible
set them to simmer, and take off the sc-m
and a heavy dragoon is the residuum!
[dragoons]
yes! yes! yes! yes!
a heavy dragoon is the residuum!
[colonel]
if you want a receipt for this soldier-like paragon
get at the wealth of the czar (if you can) –
the family pride of a spaniard from aragon –
force of mephisto pr-nouncing a ban –
a smack of lord waterford, reckless and roll!cky –
swagger of roderick, heading his clan –
the keen penetration of paddington pollaky –
grace of an odalisque on a divan –
the g*nius strategic of caesar or hannibal –
sk!ll of sir garnet in thrashing a cannibal –
flavour of hamlet – the stranger, a touch of him –
little of manfred (but not very much of him) –
beadle of burlington – richardson’s show –
mister micawber and madame tussaud! ah!
take of these elements all that is fusible
melt them all down in a pipkin or crucible
set them to simmer, and take off the sc-m
and a heavy dragoon is the residuum!
[dragoons]
yes! yes! yes! yes!
a heavy dragoon is the residuum!
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