There’s a very well-built fellow,with a swinging sort of stride.
About as handy sort as I have ever seen.
A rough and tumble fellow that is born to fight and ride
And he’s over here a-fighting for the Queen.

He’s Queensland Mounted Infantry -- compounded ‘orse and foot.
He’ll climb a cliff or gallop down a flat.
He’s cavalry to travel but he’s infantry to shoot.
And you’ll know him by the feathers in his hat!

More Banjo Paterson poems recorded by Wallis and Matilda