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Gentleman Soldier (Live)

from Five Years at Sea by Pyrates!

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Gentleman Soldier - (Live)
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Oh, it's of a gentleman sailor, as a sentry he did stand,
He saluted a fair maid with a waving of his hand.
So boldly then he kissed her, and passed it off as a joke,
Then he drilled her into the sentry box wrapped up in a soldier's cloak.

And the drums they go rat-a-tat-tat and the fifes do loudly play,
Saying, “Fare thee well, Polly me dear, I must be going away.”

All night they tossed and tumbled, till daylight did appear.
The soldier rose, put on his clothes, said “Fare thee well me dear,
For the drums they are a-beating, the fifes still loudly play;
If it weren't for that, Polly me dear, with you I'd long to stay.”

“Oh come, me gentleman soldier, now won't you marry me?”
“Oh no, me dearest Polly, such things they never can be,
For married I am already and children I have three;
Two wives are allowed in the army, but one's too many for me.”

“Oh, if anyone come a-courting you, you treat him to a glass.
If anyone come a-courting you, you say you're a country lass.
You needn't even tell them that ever you've laid a joke.
That ever you went into a sentry box, wrapped up in a soldier's cloak.”

“Oh come, me gentleman soldier, why didn't you tell me so?
Me parents they'll be angry when this they come to know.”
When nine long months were up and past,
the young girl she brought shame,
She had a little pirate lad and she couldn't tell his name.

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from Five Years at Sea, released August 18, 2023

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Pyrates! Are an award winning sea shanty folk rock band who will take you on a musical excursion across the oceans themselves as they breathe new life back into sea shanties, traditional songs, old folk favourites and ballads whose origins have been forgotten and lost in time. ... more

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