But Spurs isent neerly as educated as me.
So galopp on my gallent troop,
Let no one to a bob-tale stoop,
Its prayses sound from East to West
For all agree J troop is best.
Signed,
Corporal T. Ryan
Poet Lariat of J troop
18th U. S. Cav.
"Lariat! Gee! Wonder he didn't put 'an' picket-pin.' The second line of that last verse is mighty ambiguous. Do you s'pose he means a hawse or a dishono'able discharge?"