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[Verse 1]
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Oh as I was walking down the street
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I was feeling light and larky oh
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When a recruiting sergeant says to me
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Boy, you'd look fine in 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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And its a life in Flanders for you then
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T'will be a lovely vacation oh
[Verse 2]
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So I looked at the sergeant and says I
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Please tell me sergeant dearie-oh
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If I had a pack stuck upon my back
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Would I look bright and cheerie oh
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For you'd make me drill and train until
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You had me like the Frenchies oh
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Oh it might be warm in Flanders
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But it's drafty in the trenches oh
[Verse 3]
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Then the sergeant raised his little cane
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And his smile was most provoking oh
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And he twirled and twirled his wee mustache
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Sayin he, surely you're joking oh
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For the sandbags they are lovely and high
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And the wind you'd never feel blowing oh
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But I winked at wee girl passing by
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Says I, what if it's snowing oh
[Verse 4]
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Oh come wind, come rain, come hail, come snow
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We're not going out to Flanders oh
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For there's fighting in Dublin to be done
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Let your captains and commanders go
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And let Englishmen for England fight
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And it's time that they started oh
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So I bid that sergeant a jolly good night
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And there and then we parted oh
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