Who battled and conquered and fell.
Yes, that’s the V.C. How I won it,
It isn’t for me to relate.
(We heroes are always so modest,
And boasting’s a thing that I hate.)
Well—seeing you write for the papers,
I’ll make an exception of you;
Don’t mention my name if you write it,
Tho’ every partic’lar is true.
It was during a fight for an outpost—