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Come Be a Soldier for Marlboro and Me 
Come Be a Soldier for Marlboro and Me (Pete Coe) 
A gay Grenadier came marching down through Rochester Bound for the wars in the low countries And he sang as he rode through the crowded streets of Rochester "Who'll be a soldier for Marlboro and me?
 Who'll be a soldier, who'll be a soldier Who'll be a soldier for Marlboro and me And he sang as he marched through the crowded streets of
 Rochester Who'll be a soldier for Marlboro and me 
"The King he is looking for soldiers for the continent Strike one last blow to the enemy And if you'd be a soldier all in your scarlet uniform Take the King's shilling for Marlboro and me"
 (likewise) 
"Not I," said the mason, "Nor I," said the tailor And most of the crowd with them did agree "To be rattled by the powder and the cannonball Wages for soldiers for Marlboro and thee" 
"Oh I," said the young man, "I cannot stand the parish queue No work or wages for the likes of me Salvation or danger, it shall be my destiny To seek employment with Marlboro and thee" 
So forty new recruits came marching down through Rochester Bound for the wars in the low countries And they sang as they marched through the crowded streets of
 Rochester "Who'll be a soldier for Marlboro and me?" 
Copyright Pete Coe sung by Jean Redpath tune Waltzing Mathilda SOF