The King's Shilling

King called, and I left my Nancy That's the last of her I ever did see I took the musket, took the pay I took the shilling and rode away. March on, I heard the captain say For King and Country you will fight this day The pipes did play as they marched along A thousand voices all raised in song. To the call of "come out boys come, and hear the cannons roar Take the king's shilling, and you're off to war Take the king's shilling Take the king's shilling And you're off to war." The drums pounded, and the cannons roared And soon that shilling, it didn't seem much at all The Sabres shone in the morning sun My whole world shook to the sound of guns As the called out "come out boys come, and hear the cannons roar Take the king's shilling, and you're off to war Take the king's shilling Take the king's shilling And you're off to war." In the melee, so many bodies fell And of my love no news did I hear tell My tears now stain the flagstone floor I long to hear him sing just once more And he'd sing "come now boys come, and hear the cannons roar Take the king's shilling, and you're off to war Take the king's shilling Take the king's shilling And you're off to war." Come now boys come, and hear the cannons roar Take the king's shilling, and you're off to war Take the king's shilling Take the king's shilling And you're off to war.