Soldier, Soldier Will You Marry Me

Lew Dite with his tenor banjo.
A song my father taught me to love.

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Music

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• Lew
• Dite
• tenor
• banjo

[shriyaandaria]

dearest lew,

oh my gosh! you are GREAT!! we sang this in 5th grade for our united states history performance--it was beautiful

we love it and WE LOVE YOU!!

rock on lew!!

-aria and libby

[lewdite]

Thank you very much...

Say hello to that 5th grade.

[noelgsal]

thats how great You Tube is. you get to see and listen to people otherwise you will never get to meet. thanks alot!

[lewdite]

I agree with you. Thanks for watching and thanks for commenting.

[troyota1955]

Now that's a blast from the past! I was introduced to this song as a kid by the Alan Lomax recording...used to find it a bit misogynist (that version ended with "ugly little girl, when I've got a pretty wife at home")...but now, in the greater wisdom of advanced age, I realize it's a lesson about trying too hard!

[lewdite]

I thought it was about a soldier away from home (at war) having an affair only to abandon her when the war was over.

Not about trying too hard but about being taken advantage of.

[SirAaron90]

splendid! 5 stars

[raymondcrooke]

I remember this from a recording of children's songs! I must try it some time. Well done.

[nickyanime601]

i sung this in 3rd,4th and 5th grade ! me and my class loved this song!

[kitty123011]

you sing great Lew!! i sung this in 4th grade on day and i loved it and now i cant get it out of my head we also danced to it but, it didnt go so well, the whole class was cracking up the whole time but still you sung it awsomely!!

[Robertissimo]

Great version, and I imagine pretty close to the original renditions heard in America in the 17th century. Amazing :-)

[sexygodessmel]

i learned this is song in 5th grade i don't remember learning it tho

[joshrykut]

I learned this song in 4th grade now im in 6th grade im listening to this song sometimes

[jezluvdeb1]

i had to sing the girl part at a playat school