My bleedin' fancy man, He's a R'yl Artil'ry man He wears spurs!

A quick “sweating-up” shanty from Capt. Whall (Sea Songs and Shanties).

The Royal Artillery used horses to pull their gun carriages, so artillerymen wore spurs like cavalrymen. The spurs served as a point of pride.

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