The Recruiting Sergeant

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[Verse 1]
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As I was walking down the road, 
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a-feeling fine and larkey, oh
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A recruiting sargeant came up to 
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me, says he, "You'd look fine in 
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khaki, oh
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For the King, he is in need of men,
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 come read this proclamation, oh
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A life in Flanders for you then 
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would be a fine vacation, oh."

[Verse 2]
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"That may be so," says I to him, 
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"But tell me sargeant, deary-o
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If I had a pack stuck up on me back
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 would I be fine and cheery-oh?
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For they'd have you train and drill
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 until they'd have you one of the 
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Frenchies, oh
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It may be warm in Flanders but it's
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 drafty in the trenches, oh."

[Verse 3]
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The sargeant smiled and winked his
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 eye, his smile was most provoking, 
oh
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He twiddled and twirled his wee 
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moustache, says he, "I know you're
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 only joking, oh.
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The sandbags are so warm and high, 
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the wind you won't feel blowing, 
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oh."
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I winked at a cailin passing by, 
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says I, "What if it's snowing, oh?"


[Verse 4]
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Come rain or hail or wind or snow,
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 I'm not going out to Flanders, oh
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There's fighting in Dublin to be 
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done, let your sargeants and you 
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commanders go.
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Let English men fight English wars,
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 it's nearly time they started, oh
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I saluted the sargeant a very good 
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night.  There and then we parted, 
oh.