Soldier, Soldier Would You Marry Me

[larosablanca100]

I remember hearing this as a child but with different MUSIC.

[cheyanne998]

i know who rote this song

[wildoscar416]

@cheyanne998 you need a dictionary

[Chuepox]

strange listening to this, the original English version if far slower and deeper.

[lawomega1]

Indeed this an old English folk tune ,but beautifully played by our American cousin,

this tune was imported by the English imigrants and quite rightly claimed it for

their own (not that it matters because both our cultures are entwined) The words

in the song are slightly different ,but they still sound good ,well done ! lawomega1

[tomte1978]

@lawomega1 Thank you for your insight, and compliment!

[Whiteberry77]

I first learned this song about 30 years ago when I was a counselor at a summer camp in California. The words and the tune was a little bit different, but still pretty much the same. In the version we learned the woman went to her Grandfather's chest at the end and pulled out a gun for the cunning soldier.

[tomte1978]

@Whiteberry77 Thanks for the information! Do you happen to remember the rhyme of the last lyric? I love "comeuppance" songs, such as Frankie & Johnny, and The Lonely Willow Tree, and would love to learn such an ending for this one!

[gleamingsilvermist]

I think i sang this for a school think all rhe way back in 4rth grade

[KalinkaMalinkaful]

A great song. She is pretty too!

[rtyankeedoodle]

This is rare old mountain dew music!

[mistystar98]

i sang this song last year for solo and ensemble festival last year, the words were just a tiny bit different though but just a few words. Btw are u a alto? i sang it in soprano.

[tomte1978]

@mistystar98 -- Thank you for your comment. As is typical with folk songs, the words vary from version to version, sometimes significantly. The lyrics I used were featured in Keith & Rusty McNeil's "Colonial and Revolution Songs".

I have a reasonably wide vocal range (from the D below middle C to the D above the staff), singing everything from 1st soprano to baritone. I tend to sing folk songs in a range that makes it easy for most people to sing along.

[Robertissimo]

How can the Americans have taken this song from the British if the Revolutionary Wars PRECEEDED the Napoleonic Wars???

oh dear...back to the class room!

[Niurkap]

I LOVE THE SONG AND I LIKE THE WAY YOU PERFORM IT.

GRACIAS

[ale9z]

this tune reminds me of irish "Old Mountain Due"

[NikolaiMatthiasKing]

Nice singing. Very nice voice.

[garet300]

Beautiful song and you are great

[cjwaywell]

How brilliant it is to hear this one again. I always thought it was an English Folk Song so great to hear it being sang and played so well by an America Lady. What a smart guitar as well.

[CptCaveman1986]

this is the American version of the British song that was a marching song during the Napoleonic war. I think you have changed the words a bit. Not as good as the original.

[tomte1978]

Thank you for the insight into the history. The words I learned are the ones that Rusty McNeil uses in his "Colonial & Revolution Songbook." It is to be expected that folk songs evolve in lyrics over time.

[Nearlyprescient]

I was wondering why the lyrics to all of the arrangements I've been seeing were different.

my choir did an arrangement of the American version a while ago. it might just be because this was how I learned it, but I like this version better, I have to admit

[tomte1978]

Folk songs tend to have rather "mobile" lyrics, owing to the fact that they're mostly an oral tradition. Singers hear the song in one place and bring it to another, and often a song will retain popularity for decades, sometimes over a hundred years. Its a bit like the game of "telephone".

[Charles069]

Well done. Keep it up, you may be at least a new folk singer. I like the tune, and americans, but I hate there outlook generaly.

[Kahuna528]

This is..

[raymondcrooke]

A very nice rendition of this classic song.

[RichyWorld87]

great cover :)

[shadowhowl6619]

thats was cool

my school is going to do that same song but its a little different

[sgomezfan101]

wow.

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