Oh they marched through the town with their banners so gay,
I ran swift to the window just to hear the band play,
I peeped through the blind very cautiously in
Lest the neighbors they might think that I was looking at the men;
Oh I heard the drums beat and the music was so sweet,
But my heart at the time got a far greater treat
For the band's troops were the finest that ever I did see
And the Captain with the whiskers cast a sly glance at me,
Cast a sly glance at me, cast a sly glance at me.

Next we met at a grand ball and of course I thought it right
To pretend that we had never met before that same night
But he knew me at once, and I could tell by his glance,
And I hugged my head and blushed when he asked me to dance,
Oh he stood by my side at the end of the set
And the sweet words he breathed sure I never will forget,
Oh my heart it is enlisted and will never more be free
Since the Captain with the whiskers cast a sly glance at me,
Cast a sly glance at me, cast a sly glance at me.

They have marched from the town and I never saw him more
But I think of him often and the whiskers that he wore,
Oh I dream all the night and I talk all the day
Of that handsome, loving young man who is gone far away,
And still I remember with superabundant delight
How we met in the street and we danced all the night
And I keep it in mind how my heart beat with glee
When the Captain with the whiskers cast a sly glance at me,
Cast a sly glance at me, cast a sly glance at me.

[Typewritten Note by Niall MacDonagh: "This is a song my
mother used to sing. I have the tune in my head but I
cannot sing or reproduce an air."]