“The Gentleman Soldier”
Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1907
Found in: Britain(England(South))
Description
Soldier brings woman into his sentry-box. They have sex; he prepares to leave. She asks him to marry her; he says he can't, as he's already married -- and "two wives are allowed in the army, but one's too many for me!" Nine months later she has a child.
Cross references
- cf. "Drumdelgie" (tune)
- cf. "One Morning in May (To Hear the Nightingale Sing)" [Laws P14] (plot)
References
- Vaughan Williams/Lloyd, pp. 40-41, "The Gentleman Soldier" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #178
- BI, VWL040
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