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1	Oh hark, the drums do beat, my love, no longer can we stay						Oh hark! the drums do beat, my love, no longer can	1
2	The bugle-horns are sounding clear and we must march away						we stay. The bugle-horns are sounding clear, and	2
3	We're ordered down to Portsmouth and it's many is the weary mile						we must march away. We're ordered down to	3
4	To join                 the British Army on the banks of the Nile						Portsmouth, and it's many is the weary mile. To	4
1							join the British Army on the banks of the Nile.	1
5	Oh Willie, dearest Willie, don't leave me here to mourn						Oh Willie, dearest Willie, don't leave me here to	5
6	Don't make me curse and rue the day that ever I was born						mourn, Don't make me curse and rue the day that	6
7	For the parting of our love would be like parting with my life						ever I was born. For the parting of our love would	7
8	So stay at home, my dearest love, and I will be your wife						be like parting with my life. So stay at home, my	8
2							dearest love, and I will be your wife.	2
9	Oh my Nancy, dearest Nancy, sure that will never do						Oh my Nancy, dearest Nancy, sure that will never	9
10	The government has ordered, and we are bound to go						do. The government has ordered, and we are bound	10
11	The government has ordered, and the Queen she gives command						to go. The government has ordered, and the Queen	11
12	And I am bound on oath, my love, to serve in a foreign land						she gives command. And I am bound on oath, my	12
3							love, to serve in a foreign land.	3
13	Oh, but I'll cut off my yellow hair, and I'll go along with you						Oh, but I'll cut off my yellow hair, and I'll go	13
14	I'll dress myself in uniform and I'll see Egypt too						along with you. I'll dress myself in uniform, and	14
15	I'll                         march beneath your banner while fortune it do smile						I'll see Egypt too. I'll march beneath your banner	15
16	And we'll comfort one another on the banks of the Nile						while fortune it do smile, And we'll comfort one	16
4							another on the banks of the Nile.	4
17	But your waist it is too slender, and your fingers they are too small						But your waist it is too slender, and your fingers	17
18	In the sultry suns of Egypt, your rosy cheeks would spoil						they are too small. In the sultry suns of Egypt	18
19	Where the cannons they do rattle, when the bullets they do fly						your rosy cheeks would spoil. Where the cannons	19
20	And                    the silver trumpets sound, so loud to hide the dismal cries						they do rattle, when the bullets they do fly, And	20
5							the silver trumpets sound so loud to hide the	5
6							dismal cries.	6
21	Oh, cursed be those cruel wars, that ever they began						Oh, cursed be those cruel wars, that ever they	21
22	For they have robbed our country of many's the handsome men						began, For they have robbed our country of manys	22
23	They've robbed us of our sweethearts while their bodies they feed the lions						the handsome men. They've robbed us of our	23
	On the dry and sandy deserts which are the banks of the Nile						sweethearts while their bodies they feed the
7							lions, On the dry and sandy deserts which are the	7
8							banks of the Nile.	8

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