Lyrics:
For your protection, and correction,
Now we go patrolling;
With club in hand, we do command,
Yes sometimes with a nod;
With consternation to the station tramps we take a-rolling;
The rogues they fear when we draw near,
The Gallant Midnight Squad.
chorus:
Shout hip hurrah for the Law,
Now we're off for duty,
Hunt the burglar with his booty,
Take him to the quod,
Shout hip hurrah for the Law,
We are marching guarding the city,
When our duty calls,
Hurrah for the Midnight Squad. (repeat chorus)
Along the highways, and the byways,
Thieves about we seize them;
From twelve o'clock, each lonely block,
We cover ev'ry rod;
Oh, in the areas all the Marys love to meet policemen;
Then we catch on in early morn,
The Gallant Midnight Squad.
For transportation, reformation,
We arrest the prowler;
The drunken bum, out of a slum,
We move him with a prod;
With penetration, observation we detect the growler;
We've but to wink to get a drink,
The Gallant Midnight Squad.
