a man apart

He sits alone a man apart
in perfect solitary
eating of his hard tack
and supping of his tea
a man that no one speaks too
a man from Coventry


He always does his duty
never questions why
uses a Browning revolver
to place between the eye
each time he does his duty
never known to cry


from General, Sargent and corporal
to private conscriptee
no one will sit beside him
while he's supping of his tea
He's the man that shoots the horses
of the Household Cavalry