"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?""I seed 'im runnin' by when the shots begun to fly --But you'd best go look for a new love."
"Soldier, soldier come from the wars, Did aught take 'arm to my true love?""I couldn't see the fight, for the smoke it lay so white --An' you'd best go look for a new love."
"Soldier, soldier come from the wars, I'll up an' tend to my true love!""'E's lying on the dead with a bullet through 'is 'ead, An' you'd best go look for a new love.""Soldier, soldier come from the wars, I'll down an' die with my true love!""The pit we dug'll 'ide 'im an' the twenty men beside 'im --An' you'd best go look for a new love."
"Soldier, soldier come from the wars, Do you bring no sign from my true love?""I bring a lock of 'air that 'e allus used to wear, An' you'd best go look for a new love.""Soldier, soldier come from the wars, O then I know it's true I've lost my true love!""An' I tell you truth again -- when you've lost the feel o' pain You'd best take me for your true love."True love! New love!
Best take 'im for a new love, The dead they cannot rise, an' you'd better dry your eyes, An' you'd best take 'im for your true love.
