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                             (  4  ) I must confess sweet Margaret,

thy words are kind indeed;

But I must be well mounted

upon a warlike stead

Prepar’d for heat of battle,

and how can they go then ?

For we are valiant troopers,

and all brave fighting men.

When cannons roar like thunder,

and bullets they do fly,

The silver trumpets sounding,

to drown the dreadful cry

Of soldiers which are wounded,

a sad fight for to see,

Then stay at home sweet Margaret,

and go, net fordi with me.

Tell me not of those dangers,

for love I fear them not,

Still in the heat of battle,

I'll freely take my lot.

Along with thee my jewel

the land and nations prime,

There's nothing shall affright me,

when thou art by my side.

And when the army’s marching,

I'll step along before.

In order to replenish

thy small and slender store,

By carefully providing

whatever thou shalt take,