Don’t think I’ve heard this since I were a schoolboy.<\/p>\n
If you are able, it is probably best read in a northern accent:<\/p>\n
It occurred on the evening before Waterloo,
\nAs troops were lined up on parade.
\nAnd sergeant inspecting ’em, he were a terror,
\nOf whom every man were afraid.<\/p>\n
All excepting one man, he were in’t front rank,
\nA man by t’name of Sam Small.
\nAnd he and t’sergeant were both daggers drawn,
\nThey thought nowt of each other at all.<\/p>\n
As sergeant walked past he was swinging his arms,
\nAnd he happened to brush against Sam.
\nAnd knocking t’musket clean out of ‘is hand,
\nIt fell t’ground wi’ a slam.<\/p>\n
‘Pick it up!’ said sergeant, abrupt like, but cool.
\nBut Sam wi’ a shake of ‘is ‘ead.
\nSaid ‘Seeing as tha knocked it out of my hand,
\nP’rhaps tha’ll pick t’ thing up instead.<\/p>\n
Sam, Sam, pick up tha musket!
\nThe sergeant exclaimed with a roar.
\nSam said tha’ knocked it down reasonin’
\nTha’ll pick it up, or it stays, where t’is on the floor.<\/p>\n
The sound of high words very soon reached
\nThe ears of an officer, Lieutenant Bird.
\nWho says to the sergeant ‘Now what’s all this ‘ere?’,
\nAnd the sergeant told what had occurred.<\/p>\n
‘Sam, Sam, pick up thy musket !’,
\nLieutenant exclaimed with some heat.
\nSam says he knocked it down, reasonin he picks it up,
\nOr it stays where’t is at my feet.<\/p>\n
It caused quite a stir when the Captain arrived,
\nTo find out the cause of the trouble,
\nAnd every man there all, excepting old Sam,
\nWas full of excitement and bubble.<\/p>\n
‘Sam, Sam, pick up thy musket!’,
\nSaid Captain, for strictness renowned.
\nSam says he knocked it down, reasonin he picks it up,
\nOr it stays where’t is on the ground.<\/p>\n
The same thing occurred when the Major and Colonel
\nBoth tried to get Sam to see sense.
\nBut when old Duke of Wellington came into view,
\nWell then the excitement was tense.<\/p>\n
Up rode the Duke on a lovely white horse
\nTo ‘Find out the cause of the bother.’
\nHe looked at the musket, and then at old Sam,
\nAnd he talked to old Sam like a brother.<\/p>\n
‘Sam, Sam, pick up thy musket’, the Duke
\nSaid as quiet as could be,
\n‘Sam, Sam-Sam-Sam, pick up thy musket.’,
\nCome on lad just to please me.<\/p>\n
All right Duke says old Sam just for thee I’ll oblige,
\nAnd to show thee I meant no offence.
\nSo Sam picked it up. ‘Gradely lad.’ said the Duke.
\n‘Righto boys let battle commence.’<\/p>\n
Don’t think I’ve heard this since I were a schoolboy. If you are able, it is probably best read in a northern accent: Sam, Sam, Pick Up Tha Musket It occurred on the evening before Waterloo, As troops were lined up on parade. And sergeant inspecting ’em, he were a terror, Of whom every man … Continue reading “Sam, Sam, Pick Up Tha Musket”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[219],"class_list":["post-1019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-random-thoughts","tag-poetry","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1020,"href":"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}