Who so merry and true?
Where are the boys of the Old Brigade;
Where are the lads we knew?
Then steadily, shoulder to shoulder
Steadily blade by blade!
Ready and strong, marching along,
Like the boys of the Old Brigade.
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F. E. Weatherly.
This stirring song, set to a martial air by Odoardo Barri, was dedicated to the Royal Artillery Brigade, it is also a favourite march of the celebrated old corps, the London Rifle Brigade, whose band generally plays it on parade after the Regimental march “Ninety-five,” of which a parody is given on [page 20].