Lots Of Little Soldiers - Barry Dransfield

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My name is 'What you may call me' and my father's was as well
Of a little game he taught me and the story I will tell
We had lots of little soldiers and as sure as the day would come
I sent them into battle at the beating of a drum.

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I put them all upon the table and I marched them all around
I battered them with the cannonballs and watched them falling down
I had lots of little crosses which I laid upon the dead
And I patched up all the wounded ones and I sent them off to bed.

When I went round to the neighbours for a nickel or a dime
To buy some little soldiers just to pass away the time
They were always very kindly in supplying me with guns
And some of them even let me play at soldiers with their sons.

Whenever I went to the shop to buy my guns and tanks
The man there always smiled and patted me head and whispered 'Thanks.
If it wasn't for your soldier game I don' know what I'd do
You keep my business busy son so here's an extra few.'

One day I bought some aeroplanes but this was what I found
When I sent them into battle to help my soldiers on the ground
They bombed up every soldier and they proved a terrible flop
And I had to buy another hundred crosses from the shop.

I would very much like if I could teach this game of soldiers and of guns
To my fourteen lovely daughters and my seven handsome sons
But the man in the shop gave me a bomb he took it off the shelf
And It bombed up every soldier, all my neighbours and myself.

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