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Rudyard Kipling - Soldier, Soldier
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"Soldier, soldier come from the wars,
Why don`t you march with my true love?"
"We`re fresh from off the ship an` `e`s maybe give the slip,
An` you`d best go look for a new love."
    New love!  True love!
    Best go look for a new love,
    The dead they cannot rise, an` you`d better dry your eyes,
    An` you`d best go look for a new love.
 
"Soldier, soldier come from the wars,
What did you see o` my true love?"
"I seed `im serve the Queen in a suit o` rifle-green,
An` you`d best go look for a new love."
 
"Soldier, soldier come from the wars,
Did ye see no more o` my true love?"
"I seed `im runnin` by when the shots begun to fly —
But you`d best go look for a new love."
 
"Soldier, soldier come from the wars,
Did aught take `arm to my true love?"
"I couldn`t see the fight, for the smoke it lay so white —
An` you`d best go look for a new love."
 
"Soldier, soldier come from the wars,
I`ll up an` tend to my true love!"
"`E`s lying on the dead with a bullet through `is `ead,
An` you`d best go look for a new love."
 
"Soldier, soldier come from the wars,
I`ll down an` die with my true love!"
"The pit we dug`ll `ide `im an` the twenty men beside `im —
An` you`d best go look for a new love."
 
"Soldier, soldier come from the wars,
Do you bring no sign from my true love?"
"I bring a lock of `air that `e allus used to wear,
An` you`d best go look for a new love."
 
"Soldier, soldier come from the wars,
O then I know it`s true I`ve lost my true love!"
"An` I tell you truth again — when you`ve lost the feel o` pain
You`d best take me for your true love."
    True love!  New love!
    Best take `im for a new love,
    The dead they cannot rise, an` you`d better dry your eyes,
    An` you`d best take `im for your true love.
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