Come and Be a Soldier

DESCRIPTION: "Come and be a soldier, Come, lads, come. Hark -- don't you hear The fife and drum?" "Come and lose your eyes and limbs For a shilling a day." "Come and be a soldier, Then you'll also be a slave... They can flog you till you die."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2014 (Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar)
KEYWORDS: soldier hardtimes warning injury
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar, p. 296, "A Shilling a Day" (1 text)
Roud #V15450
File: PSoS296A

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