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SOLDIER, SOLDIER

‘Soldier, soldier, come from the wars,
Why don’t you march with my true love?’
‘We’re fresh from off the ship an’ ’e’s maybe give the slip,
An’ you’d best go look for a new love.’

  New love! True love!
  Best go look for a new love,
  The dead they cannot rise, an’ you’d better dry your eyes,
  An’ you’d best go look for a new love.

‘Soldier, soldier, come from the wars,
What did you see o’ my true love?’
‘I seed ’im serve the Queen in a suit o’ rifle-green,
An’ you’d best go look for a new love.’

‘Soldier, soldier, come from the wars,
Did ye see no more o’ my true love?’