====== #416 - Captain Jinks ======
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  *Composer:
    *T. MacLagan, 1868
  *Also known as:
    *Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
I'm Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines\\
I feed my horse on corn and beans,\\
And sport young ladies in their teens\\
Tho' a Captain in the Army.\\
I teach the ladies how to dance\\
How to dance, how to dance\\
I teach the ladies how to dance\\
For I'm the pet of the Army\\
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I'm Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines\\
I feed my horse on corn and beans,\\
And often live beyond my means\\
Tho' a Captain in the Army.\\
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I joined the Corps when twenty-one\\
Of course I thought it capital fun\\
When the enemy comes, of course I run\\
For I'm not cut out for the Army.\\
When I left home, mamma she cried\\
Mamma she cried, mamma she cried,\\
When I left home, mamma she cried,\\
"He's not cut out for the Army."\\
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The first time I went out for drill\\
The bugler sounding made me ill\\
Of the battlefield I'd had my fill\\
For I'm not cut out for the Army,\\
The officers, they all did shout\\
They all did shout, they all did shout,\\
The officers, they all did shout,\\
"Why, kick him out of the Army!"\\
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    *William Horace Lingard (1839-1927), 1868