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(4) There's ſome calls me a quiet young lad,

and others a wild rover,

But I tell you I'm neither of the two,

for I'm a jolly ſoldier.

I chearfully left my pipe and pot,

to go where drums were beating,

That muſic's ſweeter far to hear,

than a lover's tales intreating:

For woman's cries I do deſpiſe;

I love my foes to conquer,

And follow the drums where cannons roar,

juſt like a valiant ſoldier.

A ſoldier lives the happieſt life

almoſt can be enjoyed,

Each day to ſpend his frugal pay,

his time is moſt employed;

So this each day we paſs away,

each day and night all over,

And so where I will, I go by the name

of a loyal hearted ſoldier.

So full of glee, my landlady,

will all her joys diſcover,

And when my landlord he comes home,

I'll play the wanton lover:

So this each day I'll paſs away,

each day and night all over;

Contented and free in unity,

bleſt be each jovial ſoldier.

When Britain again has peace proclaim'd,

then home I'll be returning,