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Grenadier
Grenadier
The Queen she sent to look for me,
The sergeant he did say,
"Young man, a soldier will you be
For thirteen pence a day?"
The sergeant he did say,
"Young man, a soldier will you be
For thirteen pence a day?"
For thirteen pence a day did I
Take off the things I wore,
And I have marched to where I lie,
And I shall march no more.
Take off the things I wore,
And I have marched to where I lie,
And I shall march no more.
My mouth is dry, my shirt is wet,
My blood runs all away,
So now I shall not die in debt
For thirteen pence a day.
My blood runs all away,
So now I shall not die in debt
For thirteen pence a day.
To-morrow after new young men
The sergeant he must see,
For things will all be over then
Between the Queen and me.
The sergeant he must see,
For things will all be over then
Between the Queen and me.
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