THE DORSET MILITIA SONG
Traditional

From Dorchester we marched away
To Selsey camp without delay
King George's word we must obey
When we heard the French was landed.

And when to Selsey camp we came
Our Colonel he thought it no shame
For to cheat us brave young Dorset men
Out of what we call our bounty.

Here are so many brave Dorset lads
That have come so many miles from home
There's no-one here will stand their friend
No! without a royal sovereign.

And as we marched from town to town
The landlords on us all did frown
They never did ask us to sit down
But we made ourselves right welcome.

So never mind what they do say
Our knives and forks we'll make them play
We'll pay them fourpence for one day
And we'll march away next morning

recorded by the Yetties on
In Praise of Dorset cassette YETC3013 CD YETCD3013
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