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"What's that so black agin the sun?" said Files-on-Parade. "It's Danny fightin' 'ard for life," the Colour-Sergeant said. "What's that that whimpers over'ead?" said Files-on-Parade. "It's Danny's soul that's passin' now," the Colour-Sergeant said. |
This is from Danny Deever. which tells of the execution of a soldier who had murdered a comrade. He is hanged, out on the parade-ground, , with the regiment in hollow square around the gallows. |
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