I can’t get ’em up this morning;
I can’t get ’em up, I can’t get ’em up,
I can’t get ’em up to-day.
These are more appropriate when applied to the infantry, where the call was blown before the men came into line.
When the bugle ceased to sound, the orderly-sergeant of a battery said, “Pay attention to Roll-call”; and the roll was called by the six line or duty sergeants, each of whom had charge of twenty-five men, more or less. These sergeants then made their report of “all present or accounted for,” or whatever the report was, to the orderly-sergeant, who, in turn, reported to the officer of the day in charge. If there were no special orders to be issued for fatigue duty, or no checks or rebukes or instructions to be given “for the good of the order,” the line was dismissed. Any men who were absent without leave were quite likely to be put on the Black List for their temerity.
Shortly after Réveillé, the buglers sounded forth the shrill notes of
Here are the words sung to this call:—
Go to the stable, as quick as you’re able,