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SOLDIER, SOLDIER, WILL YOU MARRY ME?

First Voice.

"Sol -- dier, sol -- dier, will you mar -- ry me,

Second Voice.

Mus -- ket, fife, and drum?"

"How can I mar -- ry such a pret -- ty girl as thee,

When I've got no coat to put on?"

Sung rapidly by a chorus of little folks.

"Then a -- way she ran to the tail -- or's shop, As fast as she could run;

And she bought him a coat of the ver -- y, ver -- y best, And the sol -- dier put it on."

The question is repeated, the soldier pleading his lack of gloves, necktie and every article of wearing apparel, until, finally—

Soldier, soldier, will you marry me, Musket, fife, and drum?"

"O how can I marry such a pretty girl as thee, When I've got—a good wife—at home?" 108