"The billeting of soldiers in inns and elsewhere is not in dispute", eh?
Yes it is -- look again at your post of 0801 am, where you state dogmatically that a soldier wouldn't live "at the sign of' anything.
So what do you think he means then, Lighter: either by living "alongside of" or "at the sign of"? I mean, why introduce the phrase into the song at all if it is to have no referent?
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