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mipso - arthur mcbride lyrics

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[verse 1]
oh, me and my cousin one arthur mcbride
as we went a+walking down by the seaside
now mark what followed and what did betide
for it being on christmas morning

[verse 2]
out for recreation we went on a tramp
and we met sergeant napper and corporal vamp
and the little wee drummer intending to camp
for the day being pleasant and charming

[verse 3]
“good morning, good morning, ” the sergeant did cry
“and the same to you gentlemen, ” we did reply
“intending no harm but meant to pass by”
“for it being on christmas morning”

{versе 4]
but says he, “my fine fellows if you would еnlist”
it’s ten guineas of gold i’ll slip in your fist
and a crown in the bargain to kick up the dust
and drink the king’s health in the morning”

[verse 5]
“for a soldier he leads a very fine life
and he always is blessed with a charming young wife
and he pays all his debts without sorrow and strife
and always lives pleasant and charming”
[verse 6]
“and a soldier he always is decent and clean
in the finest of clothing he is constantly seen
while other poor fellows go dirty and mean
and sup on thin gruel in the morning”

[verse 7]
but says arthur, “i wouldn’t be proud of your clothes
for you’ve only the lend of them, as i suppose
and you dare not change them one night for you know
if you do you’ll be flogged in the morning”

[verse 8]
“and although that we are single and free
we take great delight in our own company
and we have no desires strange faces to see
although that your offers are charming”

[verse 9]
“and we have no desire to take your advance
all hazards and dangers we barter on chance
for you would have no scruples to send us to france
where we would get shot without warning”

[verse 10]
“oh now, ” says the sergeant, “i’ll have no such chat
and i neither will take it from small penal brats
for if you insult me with one other word
i’ll cut off your heads in the morning”
[verse 11]
and then arthur and i we soon drew our hods
and we scarce gave them time for to draw their own blades
when a trusty shillelagh came over their heads
and bid them take that as fair warning

[verse 12]
and their rusty old rapiers that hung by their sides
we flung them as far as we could in the tide
“now take them up devils!” cried arthur mcbride
“and temper their edge in the morning”

[verse 13]
and the little wee drummer, we flattened his bow
and we made a football of his rowdy+dow+dow
threw it in the tide for to rock and to roll
and bade it a tedious returning

[verse 14]
and we haven’t no money paid them off in cracks
and we paid no respect to their two bl++dy backs
for we lathered them there like a pair of wet sacks
and left them for dead in the morning

[verse 15]
and so to conclude and to finish disputes
we obligingly asked them if they wanted recruits
for we were the lads who would give them hard clouts
and bid them look sharp in the morning
[verse 16]
oh, me and my cousin one arthur mcbride
as we went a+walking down by the seaside
now mark what followed and what did betide
for it being on christmas morning

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