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Thread #109406   Message #2287240
Posted By: Mark Dowding
13-Mar-08 - 08:09 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Hugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew
Who were the men at the Fort?

From the Trumptonshire website:
http://www.t-web.co.uk/trumpgo.htm

Captain Snort
He inspects the soldier boys on parade.

"Captain Snort"

Captain Snort is a soldier man,
Scarlet and gold a soldier man.
He'll work a boy as hard as he can,
To turn him into a soldier man.
Captain Snort is a soldier man,
Who lives in Pippin Fort

"Seargant Major Grout",
With his deep voice he shouts
ATTEN-TION !
SLO-OPE ARMS !
OR-DER ARMS !

Soldier boys (6 altogether):
Private Armitage, (the best swimmer),
Private Featherby
Private Higgins, (the smartest looking soldier boy)
Private Hopwood
Private Lumley, (the one who can't tell his left from his right),
Private Meek, (Mrs Dingle's nephew).

The Bugler
He lives in one of the towers and apart from sounding the call for drill, he also answers the fort's phone. The bugler is largely ignored, but as can be seen from the "PC McGarry" episode he is a separate character, and not one of the six soldier boys.

"Driving Along" (in an army truck)

Driving along in an army truck,
In a humpety bumpety army truck.
The people wave
To the soldiers brave,
Who sing and shout,
As they lurch about.
Oh we are in luck,
We will never be stuck,
In our humpety bumpety army truck.


Ahhh! Happy days!!
Cheers
Mark