Misc Traditional – Chocolate Soldier (Guitar)

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As I walked towards the old town hall

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A crowd of my mates by my side

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To join up the Ulster Division

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I knew I was young but I lied

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In the YCV they had trained me

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To honour and fight for my land

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And I proudly paraded through Belfast

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To the sound of a fife and drum band.

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Arriving in Europe it hit me

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the reality of what I would do

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I would clamber or the trench ladder

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When the captain his whistle he blew.

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So tonight as i lie in this dugout

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Cold and encased in the mud

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I long to be with you my darling

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To hold you as one of my blood

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Belfast

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Through the streets that I love Sandy

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But I know that it will never happen

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For tomorrow to battle I go.

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Remember I always will love you

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Tell my ma and my da just the same

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I'm afraid like the lads here beside me

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That in France I will surely remain.

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But I'd fight and I'd die for old

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Ulster

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For England and the red white and blue

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I would die for our leader Lord Carson

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The YCV are all loyal to you.

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Don't be stirred my lads I am writing

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To my girl back in Belfast so true

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her

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My Ulster I do this for you

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So I bid you adue now my darling

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For it's dark and I can't see to write

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Remember the Ulster Division

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For Ulster will always be right

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Yes remember the Ulster Division

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For Ulster will always be right.