Great Big Sea - Recruiting Sargeant lyrics
[Great Big Sea - Recruiting Sargeant lyrics]
Two recruiting sergeants came to the CLB
For the sons of the merchants
To join the Blue Puttees
So all the hands enlisted
Five hundred young men
Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me
They crossed the broad Atlantic
In the brave Florizel
And on the sands of Suvla
They entered into hell
And on those bloody beaches
The first of them fell
Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me
So, it's over the mountains, and over the sea
Come brave Newfoundlanders and join
The Blue Puttees
You'll fight the Hun in Flanders
And at Gallipoli
Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me
The call came from London
For the last July drive
To the trenches with the regiment
Prepare yourselves to die
The roll call next morning
Just a handful survived
Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me
The stone men on Water Street
Still cry for the day
When the pride of their
City went marching away
A thousand men slaughtered
To hear the King say
Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me
For the sons of the merchants
To join the Blue Puttees
So all the hands enlisted
Five hundred young men
Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me
They crossed the broad Atlantic
In the brave Florizel
And on the sands of Suvla
They entered into hell
And on those bloody beaches
The first of them fell
Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me
So, it's over the mountains, and over the sea
Come brave Newfoundlanders and join
The Blue Puttees
You'll fight the Hun in Flanders
And at Gallipoli
Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me
The call came from London
For the last July drive
To the trenches with the regiment
Prepare yourselves to die
The roll call next morning
Just a handful survived
Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me
The stone men on Water Street
Still cry for the day
When the pride of their
City went marching away
A thousand men slaughtered
To hear the King say
Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me