Subject: Origins:What Would You Do If You Married a Soldier
From: Joe Offer
| WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU MARRIED A SOLDIER? (DT Lyrics) Oh, what would you do if you married a soldier? "What would I do but to follow the gun?" And what would you do if he died on the ocean? "What would I do but to marry again?" cho:
A rout the da doubt the da diddly da dum, Da da diddly da dum, da dee, da dum Da diddly da dee, da diddly da dum. And what would you do if the kettle boiled over? "What would I do but to fill it again?" And what would you do if the caws ate the clover? "What would I do but to set it again?" The praties are dug and the frost is all over Kitty lie over, next to the wall, The summer is come and we're all in the clover Kitty lie over, next to the wall. | WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU MARRIED A SOLDIER? (sung by Elizabeth Cronin-differences in italics) Oh, what would you do if you married a soldier? "What would I do but to follow the gun?" And what would you do if he died on the ocean? "What would I do but to marry again?" CHORUS:
A rout the da doubt the da diddly da dum, Da da diddly da dum, da dee, da dum Da diddly da dee, da diddly da dum. And what would you do if the kettle boiled over? "What would I do but to fill it again?" And what would you do if the cows ate the clover? "What would I do but to set it again?" The praties are dug and the frost is all over Kitty lie over, close to the wall, The hens are boiled and the praties are roast, Kitty lie over, close to the wall. |
Recording of Elizabeth Cronin from As I Rode Out (Field Trip-Ireland) Music collected by Jean Ritchie and George Pickow:
tune: The Praties are Dug
Recorded by Clancys
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