Another anonymous parody of the same original, called "The Charge of the Tight Brigade," though rather smart, is too slangy in its language to be inserted.
The following has been sent by Mr. James Dykes Campbell, who states that it was current in the Oxford colleges about twenty years ago. The author's name is not known.
THE CHARGE OF THE GOWNSMEN.
A Reminiscence of the Anti-Tobacco Lecture.
(The Metre has been kindly lent for the occasion by the Poet Laureate).
To the "Star," through the "Star,"
Up the "Star" staircase—
Into the Assembly Room,
Crowded the Gownsmen.
Some one cried, "Chaff the cad!"