She paid the Cash, and his request was granted:
Soon now the Official letter made it known
That Ensign Newcome, Fourth or the King’s Own,
Would on receipt immediately go,
And quick present himself at the Depôt.
What thrilling tumults in his bosom came
To see amongst the Regulars his name!
So dash’d away in wondrous haste and pother,
To take a flying leave of Dad and Mother.
A soldier bold, now Johnny vaunts and vapours,