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Dashing White Sergeant
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Album: Scotland Remembers the Alamo
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Traditional
A Scottish fiddle tune, Dashing White Sergeant was popular during the early 1800's. The tune was composed by Henry R. Bishop (1786-1855), Professor of Music, variously at Edinburgh and Oxford. Bishop was born in Liverpool, England and is also well known as the composer of "Home, Sweet Home", the words being written by John Howard Payne. It is unknown who wrote the words for this song.
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If I had a beau,
For a soldier who'd go
Do you think I'd say no? No, no, not I!
For a soldier who'd go
Do you think I'd say no? No, no, no, no, no, no, not I!
When his red coat I saw,
Not a sigh would it draw
But I'd give him eclat for his bravery
If an army of amazons e'er came in play
As a dashing white sergeant I'd march away,
A dashing white sergeant I'd march away,
March away, march away, march away, march away,
March away, march away, march away, march away, march away.
When my soldier was gone
Do you think I'd take on
Sit moping, fornlorn? No, no, not I
His fame my concern
How my bosom would burn when I saw him return crowned with victory.
When his red coat I saw,
Not a sigh would it draw
But I'd give him eclat for his bravery
If an army of amazons e'er came in play
As a dashing white sergeant I'd march away,
A dashing white sergeant I'd march away,
March away, march away, march away, march away,
March away, march away, march away, march away, march away.
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