Tonart: E major
Verse 1
D
A
B
Bm
F#m
Bm
As I was going down the street
All the recruiting sergeants said to me,
G
Bm
now you'd look fine in khaki
A
D
A
The king is in need of men,
D
A
come read his proclamation
F#m
A
A life in Flanders for your fan
Bm
A
Bm
B
will be a fine vacation
Bm
A
That may be so, says I to him,
Bm
A
but tell me, Sergeant, dearie, oh,
if I'd a pack stuck on me back,
Bm
do you think I'd look fine and cheery,
oh?
D
A
You'd make me train and drill
D
A
until you had me one of French's,
F#m
Bm
oh, it may be warm in Flanders,
A
G
Bm
but it's drafty in the trenches,
A
E
B
oh.
Bm
F#m
Bm
The sergeant swung his wee bit cane,
A
his smile was most provoking, oh
F#m
He twiddled and twiddled
Bm
his wee moustache,
A
B
says he, I know you're joking, oh
A
The sandbags are so nice and dry,
D
A
the wind you'd never feel blowing, oh
D
But I went to Sir Colleen
Parr, some boy, says I,
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Bm
D
A
Bm
what if it's snowing, oh
D
Bm
D
Yes, hail or rain or wind or snow
A
We're not going out to Flanders
Oh, there's fighting in
F#m
A
Dublin to be done
Bm
Let your sergeants and
G
B
commanders go
A
Lads, Englishmen for England fight
D
A
It's just about time they started
F#m
A
Oh, I wish the sergeant a jolly good night
B
Bm
G
And therein then we parted o'
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