The best of the fun was—the soldiers did shout,

We have got in a mess, and we cannot get out!

When a funny old woman so nimbly flew,

And collared great General Doodlem-doo.

Some could not fire, and some could’nt run,

One carried a reap-hook, another a gun,

They tried to kill nobody, just for a spree,

So they both went together to cut down a tree;

There was a young lady, her name it was Peg,

She’d one eye and two noses, one arm and one leg,