OH, WOULD I WERE AN OFFICER

À Ballad respectfully dedicated to the Ladies who are temporarily smitten with the gallant Offcers of Her Majesty’s Régiments garrisoned in Canada

Oh, would I were an Officer Of Britain’s legions grand !

hose presence here inspires with awe The people of the land :

Each pretty girl her heart would give At sight of such a swell !— With horses four, T4 pass her door, And drive in princely style, Sensation make, a stir create And scatter crowds pell-mell,

Oh, would { were an Officer !