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Twa Recruiting Sergeants

from Getting Livelier by The Mad Ferret Band

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Twa Recruiting Sergeants - Trad.
Recorded live at Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Stramash Edinburgh by The Mad Ferret Band

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Twa Recruiting Sergeants

For its over the mountains, and over the main
Through Gibraltar to France and Spain
A feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt abeen your knee
So an' list bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me

Twa recruitin' sairgants cam frae the black watch
To markets and fairs some recruits for to catch
An' a' that they listed was for forty an' twa
So list my bonnie laddie an' come awa

For its over the mountains, and over the main
Through Gibraltar to France and Spain
A feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt abeen your knee
So an' list bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me

Oh laddie, ye kanny ken the danger that ye're in
When you're oot in the desert and you tanks fired upon
The young and forty twa was sent into Iraq
And he died for his country and he's never coming back

For its over the mountains, and over the main
Through Gibraltar to France and Spain
A feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt abeen your knee
So an' list bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me

For it's intae the barn an' doon by the byre
This greedy auld farmer thinks ye'll never tire
It's a slavery job of lowly degree
So enlist ya bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me

For its over the mountains, and over the main
Through Gibraltar to France and Spain
A feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt abeen your knee
So an' list bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me

So laddie if ye hae a sweetheart wae a bairn
Ye'll easily be rid o' that ill-spun yarn
Twa rattles on the drums an that will pay it all
So enlist ya bonnie laddie an' come awa

For its over the mountains, and over the main
Through Gibraltar to France and Spain
A feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt abeen your knee
So an' list bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me

For its over the mountains, and over the main
Through Gibraltar to France and Spain
A feather tae your bonnet, and a kilt abeen your knee
So an' list bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me
So an' list bonnie laddie an' come awa wi me

credits

from Getting Livelier, released December 1, 2018
Alexander Stirton - Guitar - Cajon - Vocals
Christopher Woods - Guitar - Vocals

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The Mad Ferret Band Perth and Kinross, UK

“Energised, Supercharged Contemporary Folk”

Blending traditional and contemporary folk music, their lively energetic performances are packed with “blisteringly fast mandolin solos”, “tight vocal harmonies, driving Cajon beats and earth-moving DADGAD guitar sound scapes.”

“Uplifting and great fun to listen to, amazing band live or recorded - Nevis Radio

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