We're for a peacefuller air

Breathing of Uncle Tom Cobley and Widdicombe

Fair.

Warm as a welcome the red of the tillage is,

Green are the pastures, and deep

Down in the combes little thatch-covered villages

Sleep.

Far from society (praises to Allah be!),

Wearing demobilised boots,

Clad in our countrified (Deeley-cum-Mallaby)