When the Allies’ attack was repulsed in June,
’Twasn’t Froggy began the attack too soon,
With his Duke of Malakhoff, Bosquet, and Company,
Heigh ho, so foully!
When at last Sebastopol city was ta’en—
Heigh ho, so slowly
It was Froggy did all—except lose the Redan,
With his thundering D’Angely, Bosquet, and Malakhoff,
Heigh ho, so slowly!
In short, the Siege of Sebastopol—