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( 7 ) Oh my dear dont leave me, take me along with thee, I have been in Flanders, yea, and at point of view, All in the field of battle, long with my jovial crew. To obey my captain’s orders, next morning march’d away:

With our horses ready water’d, we march’d for Pady bay, As soon as the old miser found we was landed there, He call’d for ale and brandy all for to bring me cheer. O Pady said Ife welcome to speak with sweetheart Sue,

Her eyes are like the stars that adorn the morning dew, O some they call me sergeant, because that I'm six foot high, two Fitting for the army, where all kinds of bullets fly. Pady Burns it is my name the fame l will ne’er deny.

From the town of Wickly came, ’tis there where my true lovely, Come all you jolly soldiers, Who obeys your captains command,

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