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1864–1941

The Reveille

Andrew Barton Paterson

Trumpets of the Lancer Corps, Sound a loud reveille; Sound it over Sydney shore, Send the message far and wide

Down the Richmond River side — Boot and saddle, mount and ride, Sound a loud reveille. Whither go ye, Lancers gay,

With your bold reveille? O'er the ocean far away From your sunny southern home, Over leagues of trackless foam,

In a foreign land to roam With your bold reveille. When we hear our brethren call, Sound a clear reveille.

Then we answer, one and all, Answer that the world may see, “Of the English stock are we, At their side we still will be” —

That's our bold reveille.

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