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Thread #19750   Message #4174023
Posted By: and e
07-Jun-23 - 07:32 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Bawdy:A Soldier went to war...
Subject: RE: A Soldier I Will Be (Bawdy Song)
A sol -
A sol -
A soldier I would be.

F'cu -
F'cu -
F' curiosity,

Two pis -
Two pis -
Two pistols at my side.

or -

Two pis -
Two pis
Two pistols on my knee,

To fight for my cunt,-
To fight for my cunt,-
To fight for my country.


Page 240, The Canfield Collection, untitled, undated [c1926], typescript.

See online here:

https://archive.org/details/1926canfieldcollection/page/n239/mode/2up