Recruiting Sergeant

Two recruiting sergeants came to the CLB,

For the sons of the merchants, to join the Blue Puttees

So all the hands enlisted, five hundred young men...

Enlist ye Newfoundlanders and come follow me



They crossed the broad Atlantic in the brave Florizel,

And on the sands of Suvla, they entered into hell

And on those bloody beaches, the first of them fell...

Enlist ye Newfoundlanders and come follow me



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So it's over the mountains, and over the sea

Come brave Newfoundlanders and join the Blue Puttees

You'll fight the Hun in Flanders, and at Galipoli

Enlist ye Newfoundlanders and come follow me



The call came from London, for the last July drive

"To the trenches with the regiment, prepare yourselves to die"

The roll call next morning, just a handful survived.

Enlist ye Newfoundlanders and come follow me



CHORUS



The stone men on Water Street still cry for the day

When the pride of the city went marching away

A thousand men slaughtered, to hear the King say

Enlist ye Newfoundlanders and come follow me



CHORUS (x2)



Enlist ye Newfoundlanders and come follow me




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