The Sergeant's Weddin'





€™E WAS warned agin€™ €™er€”
That€™s what made €™im look;
She was warned agin€™ €™im€”
That is why she took.
€™Wouldn€™t €™ear no reason,
€™Went an€™ done it blind;
We know all about €™em,
They€™ve got all to find!

Cheer for the Sergeant€™s weddin€™€”
Give €™em one cheer more!
Grey gun-€™orses in the lando,
An€™ a rogue is married to a whore.


What€™s the use o€™ tellin€™
€™Arf the lot she€™s been?
€™E€™s a bloomin€™ robber,
An€™ €™e keeps canteen.
€™Ow did €™e get €™is buggy?
Gawd, you needn€™t ask!
€™Made €™is forty gallon
Out of every cask!

Watch €™im, with €™is €™air cut,
Count us filin€™ by€”
Won€™t the Colonel praise €™is
Pop€”u€”lar€”i€”ty!
We €™ave scores to settle€”
Scores for more than beer;
She€™s the girl to pay €™em€”
That is why we€™re €™ere!

See the chaplain thinkin€™?
See the women smile?
Twig the married winkin€™
As they take the aisle?
Keep your side-arms quiet,
Dressin€™ by the Band.
Ho! You €™oly beggars,
Cough be€™ind your €™and!

Now it€™s done an€™ over,
€™Ear the organ squeak,
€œ€™Voice that breathed o€™er Eden€€”
Ain€™t she got the cheek!
White an€™ laylock ribbons,
Think yourself so fine!
I€™d pray Gawd to take yer
€™Fore I made yer mine!

Escort to the kerridge,
Wish €™im luck, the brute!
Chuck the slippers after€”
(Pity €™tain€™t a boot!)
Bowin€™ like a lady,
Blushin€™ like a lad€”
€™Oo would say to see €™em
Both is rotten bad?

Cheer for the Sergeant€™s weddin€™€”
Give €™em one cheer more!
Grey gun-€™orses in the lando,
An€™ a rogue is married to a whore.