Bob Hallett's Canadian version of the traditional Scottish ballad "Twa Recruiting Sergeants." Hallett's version adapts the Scottish song to record the tragic loss of many young Newfoundlanders in WWI.
Chords and lyrics below.
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Recruiting Sergeant
(words Bob Hallett [1997], arrang. J. Ferguson, Jan. 2014)
96 bpm
V1.
D G Bm
Two recruiting sergeants came to the CLB
G D A
for the sons of the merchants to join the Blue Puttees.
G D G Bm
All hands enlisted, five hundred young men:
D G A D
“Enlist, ye Newfoundlanders, and come follow me.”
V2.
They crossed the broad Atlantic in the brave Florizel,
and on the sands of Suvla, they entered into hell.
T'was on those bloody beaches, the first of them fell:
“Enlist, ye Newfoundlanders, and come follow me.
Chorus:
“So it's over the mountains and over the seas.
Come, brave Newfoundlanders, and join The Blue Puttees.
You'll fight the Hun in Flanders and at Gallipoli.
Enlist, ye Newfoundlanders, and come follow me.”
V3.
The call came from London for the last July drive:
"To the trenches with the Regiment, prepare yourselves to die."
At roll call next morning, just a handful survived:
“Enlist, ye Newfoundlanders, and come follow me.”
Chorus:
V4.
The stone men on Water Street still cry for the day
when the pride of the city, went marching away.
A thousand men slaughtered, to hear the King say:
“Enlist, ye Newfoundlanders, and come follow me.”
Chorus: [repeat final line]
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