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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
Tradsinger	White cockade - soldier dies version (14)	White cockade - soldier dies version	12 Oct 18
Can Mudcatters help me with this. Most of us are familiar with the song "The White Cockade" in which the girl is lamenting that her lover has gone off to war but they will marry when he returns, and most versions end there. However, I have collected a version in which the soldier is killed in battle and his sergeant returns the blood-splattered cockade to the girl. She is heart-broken and says she will die and wants the cockade pinned to her bosom in the grave. What I am asking is whether this is really the same song or a different one. Is the version that most people know only half the story? Views, please. Tradsinger

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