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Magic Bombarde

(Soldiers' Tale)

   Eight Bernese tailors went to war
   with instruments in hand
   to serve their country marching
   in a military band.
   
   Among them was a captain bold
   who held a shiny blade
   to use at battle with the French
   at soldierly parade.
   
   In Biel the bombarde player blew
   with such tremendous sound,
   that next to him, the clarinet
   fell stone-dead to the ground.
   
   In Neuenberg, the bombarde blew
   the flutist to his grave
   as well, the bombarde's mighty blast
   the trumpet could not brave.
   
   The captain said, "I've had enough!
   if this keeps getting worse,
   we won't arrive in France at all
   unless it's in a hearse."
   
   He draws his sabre out and hacks
   the bombarde into two.
   Their military service done,
   they bid this war adieu.
   
   
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