In the greyness of the morning,
They deployed and at the signal,
At the order of their Colonel,
Charged upon the Bulgar stronghold
As the pearly dawn was breaking.
’Twould have made your heart beat faster,
’Twould have set your blood a-tingle,
Had you seen the Royal Dudshires,
Seen that line of gallant Dudshires,
Shake itself and charge like soldiers,