Worth ours in distant spheres,
At least we’re mighty in parade,
We Haxell’s Volunteers.
Funny Folks. May, 1878.
Written during the War Fever, when some of the newspapers were clamouring for war with Russia. It was then proposed to form a Corps of Active Service Volunteers, but the Government discouraged the idea.
Stanza by a Sergeant-Major.
In Egypt there’s an old stream
A long time known to fame;
But now beside the Coldstream,