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I'LL BE A SOLDIER
1.
I'll be a soldier and march to the drum,And lie in my tent when the night shadows come;
I'll be a soldier with knapsack and gun,
And stand to my post 'till the din of battle's done.
CHORUS.
Farewell! my own lov'd Jenny dear,Still will I dream of thee where-ever I may stray;
Farewell! before the coming year,
I'll be a soldier far, far away.
2.
I'll be a soldier and join in the fray,With black shining belt and a jacket of grey;
I'll face up the battle as bold as a hawk,
As gay as a lark and as steady as a rock.
CHORUS.
Farewell! my own lov'd Jenny dear,Still will I dream of thee where-ever I may stray;
Farewell! before the coming year,
I'll be a soldier far, far away.
3.
I'll be a soldier, “my country's” the cry,I'll fly to defend her and conquer or die;
The land of my childhood my love and my tears,
The land of my birth and my early sunny years.
CHORUS.
4.
I'll be a soldier, and when we have won,I'll come back to thee with my knapsack and gun,
I'll come with a true heart and kiss off each tear,
And linger beside thee forever Jenny dear.
CHORUS.
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