Private Tommy Atkins

'And now – with full chorus, please.

"We–e take him from the city or the plough.

We–e dress him up in uniform so ne–e–at."'

And at the third line some plaster came down from the ceiling, and Merevale came up, and the meeting dispersed without the customary cheers. 

 The Pothunters, 6 A Literary Banquet