Karan Casey - The Kings Shilling

      [Intro]
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[Verse]
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Oh, my love has left me with bairns twa
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And that's the last of him I ever saw
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He joined the army and marched to war
            Am7                   C                        G
He took the shilling, he took the shilling and he's off to war

[Chorus]
                                     Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
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Take the king's shilling and you're off to war

[Verse]
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Well, did he look as he marched along
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With his kilt and sporran and his musket gun?
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Ladies tipped him as he marched along
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He sailed out by, he sailed out by the Broomielaw

[Verse]
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Pipes did play as he marched along
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And the soldiers sang out a battle song
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"March on, march on," cried the captain gay
             Am7                   C                       G
For king and country, for king and country we will fight today

[Chorus]
                                     Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
         G                          D      G
Take the king's shilling and you're off to war

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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Well, the battle rattled to the sound of guns
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And the bayonets flashed in the morning sun
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The drums did beat and the cannon roared
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And the shilling didn't seem, oh, the shilling didn't seem much worth the war

[Chorus]
                                     Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
         G                          D      G
Take the king's shilling and you're off to war

[Verse]
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Well, the men they fought and the men did fall
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Cut down by bayonet and musket ball
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Many of these brave young men
            Am7                    C                   G
Would never fight for, would never fight for the king again

[Chorus]
                                     Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
         G                          D      G
Take the king's shilling and you're off to war

[Chorus]
                                     Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
         G                          D      G
Take the king's shilling and you'll die in war

[Chorus]
                                     Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
         G                          D      G
Take the king's shilling and you'll die in war
       C     G
Die in war
              C     G
You'll die in war