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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=455443" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Marksman Sam</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When Sam Small joined the regiment,<br>'E were no' but a raw recruit,<br>And they marched 'im away one wint'ry day,<br>'Is musket course to shoot.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They woke 'im up at the crack o' dawn,<br>Wi' many a nudge and shake,<br>'E were dreaming that t' Sergeant 'ad broke 'is neck,<br>And 'e didn't want to wake.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lieutenant Bird came on parade,<br>And chided the lads for mooning,<br>'E talked in a voice like a pound o' plums,<br>'Is tonsils needed pruning.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"Move to the right by fours," he said,<br>Crisp like but most severe,<br>But Sam didn't know 'is right from 'is left,<br>So pretended 'e didn't 'ear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Said Lieutenant, "Sergeant, take this man's name."<br>The Sergeant took out 'is pencil,<br>'E were getting ashamed o' taking Sam's name,<br>And were thinking o' cutting a stencil.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sam carried a musket, a knapsack and coat,<br>Spare boots that 'e'd managed to wangle,<br>A 'atchet, a spade... in fact, as Sam said,<br>'E'd got everything bar t'kitchen mangle.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"March easy men," Lieutenant cried,<br>As the musket range grew near,<br>"March easy me blushing Aunt Fanny," said Sam,<br>"What a chance with all this 'ere."</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When they told 'im to fire at five 'undred yards,<br>Sam nearly 'ad a fit,<br>For a six foot wall, or the Albert 'All,<br>Were all 'e were likely to 'it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'E'd fitted a cork in 'is musket end,<br>To keep 'is powder dry,<br>And 'e didn't remember to take it out,<br>The first time 'e let fly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Is gun went off with a kind o' pop,<br>Where 'is bullet went no-one knew,<br>But next day they spoke of a tinker's moke,<br>Being killed by a cork... in Crewe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At three 'undred yards, Sam shut 'is eyes,<br>And took a careful aim,<br>'E failed to score but the marker swore,<br>And walked away quite lame.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At two 'undred yards, Sam fired so wild,<br>That the Sergeant feared for 'is skin,<br>And the lads all cleared int' t' neighbouring field,<br>And started to dig 'emselves in.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"Ooh, Sergeant! I hear a scraping noise,"<br>Said Sam, "What can it be?"<br>The noise that 'e 'eard were lieutenant Bird,<br>'Oo were climbing the nearest tree.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"Ooh, Sergeant!" said Sam, "I've 'it the bull!<br>What price my shooting now?"<br>Said the Sergeant, "A bull? Yer gormless fool,<br>Yon isn't a bull... it's a cow!"</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At fifty yards 'is musket kicked,<br>And went off with a noise like a blizzard,<br>And down came a crow looking fair surprised,<br>With a ram-rod through 'is gizzard.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As 'e loaded 'is musket to fire agen,<br>Said the Sergeant, "Don't waste shot!<br>Yer'd best fix bayonets and charge, my lad,<br>It's the only chance yer've got.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sam kept loading 'is gun while the Sergeant spoke,<br>Till the bullets peeped out of the muzzle,<br>When all of a sudden it went off bang!<br>What made it go were a puzzle.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bullets flew out in a kind of a spray,<br>And everything round got peppered,<br>When they counted 'is score... 'e'd got eight bulls eyes,<br>Four magpies, two lambs and a shepherd.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the Sergeant for this got a D.C.M.<br>And the Colonel an O.B.E.<br>Lieutenant Bird got the D.S.O.<br>And Sam got... five days C.B.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Marriott+Edgar">Marriott Edgar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=455443" data-title="Marksman Sam de Marriott Edgar" data-description="When Sam Small joined the regiment, 'E were no' but a raw recruit, And they marched 'im away one wint'ry day, 'Is musket course to shoot. They woke 'im up at the crack o' dawn, Wi' many a nudge and shake, 'E were dreaming that t' Sergeant 'ad bro..."></div> </div> </div>
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