I left my home and I left my job
Went and joined the army
If I knew then what I know now
I wouldn't have been so barmy.

Poor old soldier, poor old soldier
If I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have been so barmy.

Gave me a gun and a big red coat
Gave me lots of drilling
If I knew then what I know now
I wouldn't have took the shilling.

Sent me off on a real old boat
hell, she was no beauty
far away to the wars we went
Afore to do my duty
Fought the Russians, or was it the French?
Really couldn't tell, sir
All I know is they fought so hard
They sent us all to hell, sir.

I was sent home in a big old box
To rest was my intent, sir
They sold my gun and my big red coat
And into the ground I went, sir.

rose in the churchyard to walk one night
That was how they found me
Back to De Soulis in chains I was sent
And to the earth they bound me.
got me a pike and a bloody red cap
and sat on the heath I did, sir
and now that I list for a soldier again
The devil himself’s me master.

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