[04:18.00]Oh my love has left me with bairnes twa
[04:18.00]And that's the last of him I ever saw
[04:18.00]He's joined the army and marched to war
[04:18.00]He took the shilling
[04:18.00]He took the shilling and he's off to war
[04:18.00]Come laddies come, hear the cannons roar
[04:18.00]Take the King's shilling and you're off to war
[04:18.00]Well did he look as he marched along
[04:18.00]With his kilt and sporran and his musket gun
[04:18.00]And the ladies tipped him as he marched along
[04:18.00]He sailed out by
[04:18.00]He sailed out by the Broomielaw
[04:18.00]The pipes did play as he marched along
[04:18.00]And the soldiers sang out a battle song
[04:18.00]"March on, march on," cried the Captain gay
[04:18.00]And for King and country
[04:18.00]For King and country we will fight today
[04:18.00]The battle rattled to the sound of guns
[04:18.00]And the bayonets flashed in the morning sun
[04:18.00]The drums did beat and the cannons roared
[04:18.00]And the shilling didn't seem
[04:18.00]The shilling didn't seem much worth the war
[04:18.00]Well the men they fought and the men did fall
[04:18.00]Cut down by bayonets and musket ball
[04:18.00]And many of these brave young men
[04:18.00]Would never fight for
[04:18.00]Would never fight for the King again
[04:18.00]Come laddies come, hear the cannons roar
[04:18.00]Take the King's shilling and you'll die in war