"'Three thousand Micks threw down their picks at the battle of Boyne Water.' Thirteen soldiers of the First Cavalry, more or less Irish, were singing this song at the top of their voices."
Cf. U.S. Marine song from 1918 or earlier:
"Ten thousand gobs laid down their swabs To lick one sick Marine...."
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