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THE POGUES lyrics : "The Gentleman Soldier"

(Traditional)
It's of a gentleman soldier as a sentry he did stand
He saluted a fair maiden by a waving of his hand

And then he boldly kissed her and he passed it off as a joke
He drilled her up in a sentry box wrapped up in a soldier's
cloak


And the drums are going a rap a tap tap
And the fifes they loudly play

Fare thee well, Polly me dear
I must be going away


All night they tossed and tumbled till the morning did appear
The soldier rose, put on his clothes, and said, "Fare well my
dear

For the drums are loudly beating and the fifes they sweetly
play
If it weren't for that, Polly me dear, with you I'd gladly

stay"

If anyone comes a courting you, you can treat them to a glass

If anyone comes a courting you, you can say you're a country
lass
You don't have to tell them that you ever played this joke

That you got drilled in a sentry box wrapped up in a soldier's
cloak


"Now come you gentleman soldier, won't you marry me?"
"Oh no my dearest Polly, such things can never be
For I've a wife already and children I have three

Two wives are allowed in the army, but one's too many for me"

"Oh it's come me gentleman soldier, why didn't you tell me

so?
Me parents will be angry when this they come to know"
And when nine months had been and gone the poor girl she felt

shamed
She had a little militia boy and she didn't know his name

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