 Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms ! Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, "Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot!  MacMillan's Magazine - Side 314redigeret af - 1860Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1827 - 452 sider
...war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs. So he laid down his arms I Now as they bore him off the field. Said he " Let others shoot. For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot ! The army surgeons made bun limbs. Said he,—" They're only pegs: But there's as wooden members quite... | |
 | 1826 - 622 sider
...war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his logs, So be laid down bis arms ! Now as they bore him off the field. Said he, " Let others shoot. For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot!" The army surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " They're only pegs : But there's as wooden members... | |
 | 1826 - 570 sider
...war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms ! Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot !" The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he, — " They're only pegs; But there's as wooden members... | |
 | 1826 - 590 sider
...soldier bold, And used to war's alarms; But a cannon-ball took off hi s legs. So he laid down his arms! Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, Now as they bore him off the field. And the Forty-second Foot!" The army-surgeons made him limbs: Said... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sider
...war's alarms: But a cannon-ball look off his legs, So he laid down his arms! Xow, as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg. And the Forty-second Foot.'' The army surgeons made him limbs: Said he, " They're only pegs; But there 's as wooden members quite.... | |
 | 1847 - 640 sider
...alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, Sa he laid down las arms. " Now, as they bore him off the field, Said he, ' Let others shoot ; For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second foot.' " A humorous play upon the same terms in a paragraph taken from the" Nottingham Mercury," ¡a running... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 sider
...war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took oft' his legs, So he laid down his arms. Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others shoot ; For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot." And in another song, with an astounding confusion of ideas, natural in one sense, and impossible in... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 416 sider
...soldier bold, And us'd to war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others shoot ; For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot." And in another song, with an astounding confusion of ideas, natural in one sense, and impossible in... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 sider
...war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. Now as they bore him off' the field, Said he, " Let others shoot ; For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot." And in another song, with an astounding confusion of ideas, natural in one sense, and impossible in... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1847 - 314 sider
...war's alarms ; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms ! Now as they bore him off the field, Said he, " Let others shoot, For here I leave my second leg, And the Forty-second Foot! " The army-surgeons made him limbs : Said he,—" They 're only pegs : Now Ben he loved a pretty maid,... | |
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