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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."

First Voice.—	"Soldier, soldier, will you marry me, Musket, fife, and drum?"
Second Voice.—	"O how can I marry such a pretty girl as thee, When I've got no shoes to put on?"
All the Children.—	"Then away she ran to the shoemaker's shop, As fast as her legs could run, And bought him a pair of the very, very best, And the soldier put them 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?"

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