Bold Sodger Boy, The

DESCRIPTION: "O! There's not a trade that's going, Worth showing or knowing, Like that from glory growing For the bold sodger boy." The singer describes how the girls watch the marching soldiers, and urges the listeners to follow the soldier's trade
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1862 (Dime-Song-Book #9)
KEYWORDS: soldier recruiting
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Ford-VagabondSongsAndBalladsOfScotland, pp. 321-322, "The Bold Sodger Boy" (1 text)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, pp. 140-141, "Bowld Sodjer Boy" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #9, p. 44, "The Bowld Sojer Boy" (1 text)
Roud #12829
File: FVS321

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