The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

by W. S. Gilbert

Now watch yon hardy Hieland man,

So stalwart and ungainly.

"These are the men who chase the roe,

Whose footsteps never falter,

Who bring with them where'er they go

A smack of old Sir Walter.

Of such as he, the men sublime

Who lead their troops victorious,

Whose deeds go down to after-time,