Posted by Hilary Weston on April 04, 2006 at 10:24:09 from 86.129.237.58 user elenopa.
In Reply to: Re: SW: Sentry(-)go posted by Jeremy Kriewaldt on April 04, 2006 at 01:34:11:
There is a use of Sentry-go in 'Iolanthe' by Gilbert and Sullivan. It comes from the beginning of act 2 in the song by Private Willis.
When all night long a chap remains
On sentry-go, to chase monotony
He exercises of his brains,
That is, assuming that he’s got any.