The Gay Fusilier (Later changed to Bold!!)
First verse & Tune: Traditional (adapted), Balance of Words: Peter Coe

1.        A gay fusilier came marching down through Rochester,
        Bound for the wars in the low country,
        And he sang as he marched through the crowded streets of Rochester,
        Who'll be a soldier for Marlborough with me.
                Who'll be a soldier, who'll be a soldier
                Who'll be a soldier for Marlborough with me,
                And he sang as he marched through the crowded streets of Rochester,
                Who'll be a soldier for Marlborough with me.

2.        Not I, said the baker, nor I said the mason,
        Most of the people with them did agree,
        To be paid in the powder and rattle of the cannonball
        Wages for soldiers for Marlborough and thee
                Wages for soldiers .... (etc.)

3.        The King he has ordered new troops for the continent,
        To strike the last blows at the enemy
        And if you'd be a rover all in a scarlet uniforn
        Take the King's shilling for Marlborough and me.
                Take the King's shilling ... (etc.)
        
4.        Oh I, said a young man, have long endured the parish queue,
        No work or wages, for the likes of me,
        Starvation or danger, it shall prove my destiny
        To seek fresh employment with Marlborough and thee
                Seek fresh employment .. (etc)

5.        So forty new recruits went marching down through Rochester
        Bound for the wars in the low country,
        And they sang as they marched through the crowded streets of Rochester,
        Who'll be a soldier for Marlborough with me.
                Who'll be a soldier .. (etc)

                                                    (r) Pete Coe. pub Backshift Music