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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''The Scarlet and the Blue''' <br />
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[[Roud 163]]<br />
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Written by John J Blockley in the late 1870s.<br />
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As sung by [[George Spicer]] on [[MTCD309-10 Just Another Saturday Night]] - recorded 12.11.59 at The Oak Tree, Ardingley<br />
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#I was once a gay young ploughboy<br />And I ploughed the fields all day<br />'Til one strange thought came in my mind<br />I'd like to run away<br />For I'm getting tired of country life<br />And the place where I was born<br />So I've been and joined the Army and<br />I'm off tomorrow morn <br /><br />Chorus:<br />Well there's a rap for the scarlet and the blue<br />And the helmets they glitter in the sun<br />And the bayonets flash like lightning to<br />The beating of the old militia drum - tiddley-um<br />And the flag of dear old England<br />Is waving proudly in the sky<br />It's the watchword of our soldier-boys<br />To conquer, do, or die. <br /><br /><br />
#Now I've put away my old white smock<br />And I've put away my plough<br />And I've put away my six-foot whip<br />No more the fields to roam<br />No more to reap in harvest time<br />No more to sow the corn<br />For I've been and joined the Army and<br />I'm off tomorrow morn <br /><br /><br />
#Now there is one girl I leave behind<br />And it is my Nellie fair<br />But I know that she'll be true to me<br />When I am far away<br />And if ever I do return again<br />There's one promise due to me<br />Three stripes and medals on my breast<br />And a sergeant's wife she'll be.</div>Andyturner