A childrens
nursery rhyme telling the rather sad tale of a young girl being strung along by a man.
It's strange that we encourage our children to sing songs about the harsher realities of life. I doubt they really understand the meaning of it all anyway.
Soldier, soldier won't you marry me
With your musket, fife and drum
Oh no sweet girl I cannot marry you
For I have no coat to put on
So off she went to her grandfathers chest
And she brought him a coat of the very very best
And she brought him a coat of the very very best
And the soldier put it on
Soldier, soldier won't you marry me
With your musket, fife and drum
Oh no sweet girl I cannot marry you
For I have no shoes to put on
So off she went to her granfathers chest
And she brought him some shoes of the very very best
And she brought him some shoes of the very very best
And the soldier put them on
Soldier, soldier won't you marry me
With your musket, fife and drum
Oh no sweet girl I cannot marry you
For I have no hat to put on
So off she went to her grandfathers chest
And she brought him a hat of the very very best
And she brought him a hat of the very very best
And the soldier put it on
Soldier, soldier won't you marry me
With your musket, fife and drum
Oh no sweet girl I cannot marry you
For I have a wife at home