| Music File Lesley Nelson |
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| This appears in Dixon's Ballads of the Peasantry (1841).
The white cockade was the symbol of Bonnie Prince Charlie's followers in the uprising of 1745/46. |
It was one Monday morning I march'd o'er the moss, I never thought of 'listing Till the soldiers did me cross; They kindly did invite me To pledge the ale so brown, They advanced me some money - Ten guineas and a crown. They advanced me some money, They advanced me some money, They advanced me some money, Ten guineas and a crown. Then, as I wore the white cockade, I marched into the town To bid farewell to al my friends Before I did go down. Beneath the shady willow I saw my sweetheart lay Upon a mossy pillow And heard her sighing say, Upon a mossy pillow Upon a mossy pillow Upon a mossy pillow And heard her sighing say, 'Tis my true love is 'listed, And he wears the white cockade, He is a handsome young man, He is gone to serve the king, My very heart is breaking All for the love of him. My very heart is breaking My very heart is breaking My very heart is breaking All for the love of him. Oh! may he never prosper, Oh! may he never thrive, Nor anything he takes in hand As long as he's alive; May the ground he treads fall under him, The grass he bends ne'er grow, Since he has gone and left me In sorrow, grief, and woe. Since he has gone and left me Since he has gone and left me Since he has gone and left me In sorrow, grief and woe. I pulled out my handkerchief And wiped her flowing tears, O, take this in remembrance And calm your groundless fears, And keep you in good company While I march o'er the plain, Then I'll be married to my love When I return again. Then I'll be married to my love Then I'll be married to my love Then I'll be married to my love When I return again. |
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| From English Folk-Songs See Bibliography for full information. |
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