Of undersized, able men;

We're shy of the guns, but we'll beggar the Huns,

Eight millions of English men.

This is a song that includes the Irish leaders in Parliament in its satire on Irish "loyalty" to England:

"Now," says Lady Aberdeen,

"I've a message from the Queen

To the loyal hearts in Ireland here at home;

She wants you all to gather socks,

Plain as I, or decked with clocks,