But wishing to be one day brigadiers;
Also to have the sacking of a town;—
A pleasant thing to young men at their years.
'Mongst them were several Englishmen of pith,
Sixteen called Thomson, and nineteen named Smith.
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Jack Thomson and Bill Thomson;—all the rest
Had been called "Jemmy," after the great bard;
I don't know whether they had arms or crest,
But such a godfather's as good a card.