by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Soldier, won't you marry me?
Language: English
Available translation(s): FIN
Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me? It's O a fife and drum. How can I marry such a pretty girl as you when I've got no hat to put on? Off to the tailor she did go, as hard as she could run. Brought him back the finest was there, now soldier, put it on. Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me? It's O a fife and drum. How can I marry such a pretty girl as you when I've got no shoes to put on? Off to the shoe shop she did go, as hard as she could run. Brought him back the finest was there, now soldier put them on. Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me? It's O a fife and drum. How can I marry such a pretty girl as you when I've got no coat to put on? Off to the tailor she did go, as hard as she could run. Brought him back the finest was there, now soldier put it on. Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me? It's O a fife and drum. How can I marry such a pretty girl as you? With a wife and child at home.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate (1911 - 1987), "Soldier, won't you marry me?" [chorus a cappella] [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , title unknown, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-21
Line count: 28
Word count: 195