The King's Shilling

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