I seem to recall that in the British Boer War version of the song, the lines

" 'Tis the tramp of soldiers true
In their uniforms of blue.
I must say good-bye to you, Dolly Gray..."


are replaced by :

" 'Tis the tramp of soldiers' feet
In their uniforms so neat,
So good-bye until we meet, Dolly Grey..."

Regards

Walrus


By the bye, I have the lyrics for a very substandard attempt at a "Dolly Grey" for the Great War, called "Goodbye Kitty Lee", If any one is interested...