Sharp. Soldier Soldier Won't You Marry Me

From Nursery Songs from the Appalachian Mountains by Cecil J. Sharp, with illustrations by Esther B. Mackinnon.

This is Roud 489.

SOLDIER SOLDIER

WON'T YOU MARRY ME

Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me?

It's O the fife and drum,

How can I marry such a pretty girl as you

When I've got no hat to put on ?

Off to the hat-shop she did go

As hard as she could run,

Brought him back the finest was there.

Now, soldier, put it on.

Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me?

It's O the fife and drum,

How can I marry such a pretty girl as you

When I've got no coat to put on?

Off to the tailor she did go

As hard as she could run,

Brought him back the finest was there.

Now, soldier, put it on.

Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me?

It's O the fife and drum,

How can I marry such a pretty girl as you

When I’ve got no shoes to put on?

Off to the shoe-shop she did go

As hard as she could run,

Brought him back the finest were there.

Now, soldier, put them on.

Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me?

It's O the fife and drum,

How can I marry such a pretty girl as you,

With a wife and a baby at home?