Back to the army again, sergeant, / Back to the army again, / Out o' the cold an' the rain.
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We wanted to do something to show our gratitude. We will never forget what Sergeant Jordan did for us.
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Try to raise a voice that shall be heard from here to Albany and watch what it is that comes forward to shut off the sound. It is not a German sergeant, nor a Russian officer of the precinct. It is a note from a friend of your fathers offering you a place in his office. This is your warning from the secret police. Why, if any of you young gentlemen have a mind to get heard a mile off, you must make a bonfire of your reputation, and a close enemy of most men who wish you well. And what will you get in return? Well, if I must for the benefit of the economists, charge you up with some selfish gain, I will say that you get the satisfaction of having been heard, and that this is the whole possible scope of human ambition.
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Had I but time—as this fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest—O, I could tell you— But let it be.
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The sergeant is the Army.
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