<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539720" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Royal Review</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">All hail to the Empress of India, Great Britain's Queen--<br>Long may she live in health, happy and serene--<br>That came from London, far away,<br>To review the Scottish Volunteers in grand array:<br>Most magnificent to be seen,<br>Near by Salisbury Crags and its pastures green,<br>Which will long be remembered by our gracious Queen-- </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And by the Volunteers, that came from far away,<br>Because it rain'd most of the day.<br>And with the rain their clothes were wet all through,<br>On the 25th day of August, at the Royal Review.<br>And to the Volunteers it was no lark,<br>Because they were ankle deep in mud in the Queen's Park,<br>Which proved to the Queen they were loyal and true,<br>To ensure such hardships at the Royal Review. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh! it was a most beautiful scene<br>To see the Forfarshire Artillery matching past the Queen:<br>Her Majesty with their steady marching felt content,<br>Especially when their arms to her they did present. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the Inverness Highland Volunteers seemed verygran',<br>And marched by steady to a man<br>Amongst the mud without dismay,<br>And the rain pouring down on them all the way.<br>And the bands they did play, God Save the Queen,<br>Near by Holyrood Palace and the Queen's Park so green. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Success to our noble Scottish Volunteers!<br>I hope they will be spared for many long years,<br>And to Her Majesty always prove loyal and true,<br>As they have done for the second time at the Royal Review. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">To take them in general, they behaved very well,<br>The more that the rain fell on them pell-mell.<br>They marched by Her Majesty in very grand array,<br>Which will be remembered for many a long day,<br>Bidding defiance to wind and rain,<br>Which adds the more fame to their name. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I hope none of them will have cause to rue<br>The day that they went to the Royal Review.<br>And I'm sure Her Majesty ought to feel proud,<br>And in her praise she cannot speak too loud,<br>Because the more that it did rain they did not mourn,<br>Which caused Her Majesty's heart with joy to burn,<br>Because she knew they were loyal and true<br>For enduring such hardships at the Royal Review.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</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=539720" data-title="The Royal Review de William Topaz McGonagall" data-description="All hail to the Empress of India, Great Britain's Queen-- Long may she live in health, happy and serene-- That came from London, far away, To review the Scottish Volunteers in grand array: Most magnificent to be seen, Near by Salisbury Crags and i..."></div> </div> </div>

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