Marching through Rochester



A bold fusilier came marching back through Rochester

Off from the wars in the north country,

And he sang as he marched

Through the crowded streets of Rochester,

''Who'll be a soldier for Marlboro and me?''



Who'll be a soldier? Who'll be a soldier?

Who'll be a soldier for Marlboro and me?

And he sang as he marched

Through the crowded streets of Rochester,

''Who'll be a soldier for Marlboro and me?''



The Queen, she has ordered new troops onto the continent

To strike a last blow at the enemy.

And if you would be a soldier

All in a scarlet uniform

Take the King's shilling for Marlboro and me.

Take the King's shilling. Take the King's shilling.

Take the King's shilling for Marlboro and me.

And if you would be a soldier

All in a scarlet uniform

Take the King's shilling for Marlboro and me.



''Not I,'' said the butcher, ''Nor I,'' said the baker.

Most of the rest with them did agree.

To be paid with the powder and

The rattle of the cannonball

Wages for soldiers for Marlboro and me.



Wages for soldiers, wages for soldiers,

Wages for soldiers for Marlboro and me.

To be paid with the powder and

The rattle of the cannonball

Wages for soldiers for Marlboro and me.



''Now I,'' said the young man, ''have oft endured the parish queue.

There is no wages or employment for me.

Salvation or danger,

That'll be my destiny.

To be a soldier for Marlboro and me.''



To be a soldier, to be a soldier,

To be a soldier for Marlboro and me.

Salvation or danger,

That'll be my destiny.

To be a soldier for Marlboro and me.



Now twenty new recruits came marching back through Rochester

Off to the wars in the north country.

And they sang as they marched

Through the crowded streets of Rochester,

''Who'll be a soldier for Marlboro and me?''



Who'll be a soldier, who'll be a soldier,

Who'll be a soldier for Marlboro and me?

And they sang as they marched

Through the crowded streets of Rochester,

''Who'll be a soldier for Marlboro and me?''



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