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[Chorus] The soldiers of our Queen
Are linked in friendly tether;
Upon the battle scene
They fight the foe together.

There ev'ry mother's son
Prepared to fight and fall is;
The enemy of one
The enemy of all is!
The enemy of one
The enemy of all is!

[Colonel] If you want a receipt for that popular mystery,
Known to the world as a Heavy Dragoon,
Take all the remarkable people in history,
Rattle them off to a popular tune.
The pluck of Lord Nelson on board of the Victory;
Genius of Bismarck devising a plan;
The humour of Fielding (which sounds contradictory);
Coolness of Paget about to trepan.
The science of Jullien, the eminent musico;
Wit of Macaulay, who wrote of Queen Anne;
The pathos of Paddy, as rendered by Boucicault;
Style of the Bishop of Sodor and Man;
The dash of a D'Orsay, divested of quackery;
Narrative powers of Dickens and Thackeray;
Victor Emmanuel, peakhaunting Peveril;
Thomas Aquinas, and Doctor Sacheverell;
Tupper and Tennyson , Daniel Defoe;
Anthony Trollope and Mister Guizot! Ah!
Take of these elements all that is fusible,
Melt them all down in a pipkin or crucible,
Set them to simmer, and take off the scum,
And a Heavy Dragoon is the residuum!

If you want a receipt for this soldierlike paragon,
Get at the wealth of the Czar (if you can);
The family pride of a Spaniard from Aragon;
Force of Mephisto pronouncing a ban;
A smack of Lord Waterford, reckless and rollicky;
Swagger of Roderick, heading his clan;
The keen penetration of Paddington Pollaky;
Grace of an Odalisque on a divan;
The genius strategic of Caesar or Hannibal;
Skill of Sir Garnet in thrashing a cannibal;
Flavour of Hamlet, the Stranger, a touch of him;
Little of Manfred (but not very much of him);
Beadle of Burlington, Richardson's show;
Mister Micawber and Madame Tussaud! Ah!
Take of these elements all that is fusible,
Melt them all down in a pipkin or crucible,
Set them to simmer, and take off the scum,
And a Heavy Dragoon is the residuum!

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By Arthur Sullivan
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Patience No. 3
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