[00:20.87]There are two young lovers
[00:23.09]They're pledged to each other's hands,
[00:24.68]They meet by the river
[00:27.84]To talk of their marriage plans.
[00:30.08]"I'm confessing," he said, "I've signed for a soldier,
[00:34.41]I'm leaving tomorrow for some foreign land."
[00:40.44]She watches the pretty young soldiers,
[00:44.77]As they march themselves off to the war.
[00:49.55]She wonders if she'll ever see him again,
[00:53.78]Somehow she doubts it, but she has to be sure.
[00:57.82]
[00:59.16]So she rode into town on the very next day,
[01:04.39]And dressed herself up all in man's array.
[01:09.02]With a sword and a musket she took the King's shilling,
[01:13.79]And to fight in some foreign war,
[01:16.38]She said, "Yes!," she'd be willing.
[01:19.02]All you pretty young soldiers,
[01:22.71]In those uniforms that you've never worn.
[01:28.29]The Captain will come to inspect you all now,
[01:32.88]"Let me down and you'll all wish you'd never been born."
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[01:38.10]The Captain astride of his horse's grey flanks,
[01:42.88]Pulls the pretty young soldier from out of the ranks.
[01:47.80]His gaze it is fixed and she's starting to shake,
[01:51.98]He said, "Follow me soldier
[01:53.63]And listen to the offer that I'm willing to make."
[01:57.56]"Come you pretty young soldier,
[02:02.74]Come and be my right hand.
[02:07.47]You're having this strange effect on my soul,
[02:11.60]That I don't quite understand."
[02:13.00]
[02:17.08]"Captain, oh Captain, I've a confession to make,
[02:21.67]I love someone else and my heart it will break."
[02:25.90]And as she released her brown hair from a band,
[02:30.67]It tumbled all down her shoulders and into his hands.
[02:36.89]"Oh you pretty young soldier,
[02:41.42]Come and take my right hand.
[02:46.21]You're having this strange effect on my soul,
[02:50.84]And now I think, I understand."