At the Manchester Gathering last weekend, Dave the Gnome , at the Ducie Arms after a curry and much beer, introduced me to the White Cockade game, he sang the opening verses of the White cockade , and then switched to several othe sets of words that also fitted the tune here from the DT is the first 2 verses
WHITE COCKADE (THEY ADVANCED ME)
'Twas on a summer's morning as I rode o'er the moss,
I had no thought of enlisting, till some soldiers did me cross.
They kindly did invite me to a flowing bowl of grog
They advanced me (they advanced me)
They advanced me (they advanced me)
They advanced me some money, a shilling from the crown.

Oh yes, my love's enlisted and he wears a white cockade,
He is a handsome young man, a rash and roving blade.
He is a handsome young man, and he's gone to serve his king
Oh! my very (Oh! my very)
Oh! my very (Oh! my very)
Oh! my very heart is aching all for the love of him.


Dave followed these with the first verse of each of the following with wonderful choral support from the rest of the Mudcatters present
My old mans a dustman
Rudolf the red nosed reindeer
Pinball wizard
Yekllow submarine
Karma Chameleon
The more serious your demeanour and the more straight faced you are when singing each , increasingly outrageous, verse the better. I have found that Wild Rover fits rather well too..any other suggestions??