In the version of the song which I got from a Whittlebury Tape sung by Pete Coe the first verse is:-

A recruiting segeant marched through the streets of Rochester
Bound for the wars in the low country
And he sang as he marched and he played upon his kettledrum
Who'll be a soldier for Marlbrough and me
Who'll be a soldier, who'll who'll be a soldier, who'll be a soldier for Marlborough and me
And he sang as he marched and he played upon his kettledrom
Who'll be a soldier for Marlborough and me

Joe Nicholson.