Soldier, Soldier Would You Marry Me

a Revolutionary War song about a girl who gets taken for a ride

Category:

Music

Tags:

• folk
• bluegrass
• accoustic
• guitar
• comedy
• Revolutionary

[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!

[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.

[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.

[larosablanca100]

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

[wildoscar416]

@cheyanne998 you need a dictionary

[cheyanne998]

i know who rote this song

[Chuepox]

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

[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!