We be the King's men, hale and hearty,
Marching to meet one Buonaparty;
If he won't sail, lest the wind should blow,
We shall have marched for nothing, O!
Right fol-lol!

We be the King's men, hale and hearty,
Marching to meet one Buonaparty;
If he be sea-sick, says "No, no!"
We shall have marched for nothing, O!
Right fol-lol!

[The soldiers draw aside, and the coach passes on.]


SECOND PASSENGER

Is there truth in it that Bonaparte wrote a letter to the King last
month?


FIRST PASSENGER

Yes, sir. A letter in his own hand, in which he expected the King
to reply to him in the same manner.


SOLDIERS (continuing, as they are left behind)

We be the King's men, hale and hearty,