{"id":177,"date":"2021-06-17T09:56:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T13:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=177"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:58:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:58:31","slug":"my-soldier-lad","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/my-soldier-lad\/","title":{"raw":"My Soldier-Lad","rendered":"My Soldier-Lad"},"content":{"raw":"SEE yonder soldier-lad\r\nIn Zouave jacket clad?\r\nHis lovin' heart is mine,\r\nHis heart so bright an' glad;\r\nMy soul an' spirit combine\r\nTo love my soldier-lad.\r\n\r\nO my dear lilly soldier-lad,\r\nI am true an' so are you;\r\nAnd oh, my lovin' heart is glad,\r\nFor I know that you are true.\r\n\r\nMy pretty soldier-boy,\r\nHe is my only joy:\r\nHe loves me with his might,\r\nA love without alloy,\r\nMy one, my true delight,\r\nMy pretty soldier-boy.\r\n\r\nO my dear lilly soldier-lad, etc.\r\n\r\nMy own lee soldier true,\r\nHe is a bandsman too;\r\nAn' when he's in the stand,\r\nHis sweet eyes playin' blue,\r\nHe carries off the band,\r\nMy handsome soldier true.\r\n\r\nO my dear lilly soldier-lad, etc.\r\n\r\nMy precious lilly pet,\r\nHe plays a clarinet:\r\nDe gals dem envy me,\r\nBut him they cannot get;\r\nDem hate we both to see,\r\nMe an' my precious pet.\r\n\r\nO my dear lilly soldier-lad, etc.\r\n\r\nWhere coolin' breezes blow,\r\nAn' silvery gullies flow\r\nDo'n t'rough de bamboo grove,\r\nThe amorous pea-doves coo:\r\nThey're cooin' of my love,\r\nWhile freshenin' breezes blow.\r\n\r\nO my dear lilly soldier-lad, etc.\r\n\r\nMy dear Bermudan lad\r\nIn baggy trousies clad,\r\nI love you wid whole heart,\r\nA heart that's true an' glad;\r\nOur love can never part,\r\nMy darlin' bandsy lad.\r\n\r\nO my dear lilly soldier-lad, etc.","rendered":"<p>SEE yonder soldier-lad<br \/>\nIn Zouave jacket clad?<br \/>\nHis lovin&#8217; 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