Karan Casey & James Taylor - The King’s Shilling

[ Karan Casey - The King’s Shilling ] Capo: 3 Chord: G Key: Bb Lyrics by Iain Sinclair Oh my love has left me with bairnes twa And that’s the last of him I ever saw He joined the army and marched to war He took the shilling, he took the shilling and he’s off to war Chorus: Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar Take the king’s shilling and you’re off to war Well, did he look as he marched along With his kilt and sporran and his musket gun? The ladies tipped him as he marched along He sailed out by, he sailed out by the Broomielaw Well the pipes did play as he marched along And the soldiers sang out a battle song “March on, march on,“ cried the captain gay For king and country, for king and country we will fight today Repeat Chorus: Well the battle rattled to the sound of guns And the bayonets flashed in the morning sun The drums did beat and the cannons roared And the shilling didn’t seem, oh the shilling didn’t seem much worth the war Well, the men they fought and the men did fall Cut down by bayonet and musket ball Many of these brave young men Would never fight for, would never fight for the king again Repeat Chorus: 3x die in war... die in war... Take the king’s shilling and you’re off to war...