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" Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys, Why, soldiers, why ? Whose business 'tis to die... "
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by Washington Irving - 1857
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Ashburner's new vocal and poetic repository, selected by Queery Queerum

George Ashburner - 1807 - 238 pages
...fight, kill, or wound; May still be found Content with our hard fate, my boys, On the cold ground ! Why, soldiers ! why Should we be melancholy, boys ? Why soldiers ! why : Whose business 'tis to die. What ! sighing ! fie ; Kill fear, drink on, be jolly boys ! Tis he, you, or I, — Cold, hot, wet,...
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Drinking-songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient ballads

Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...fight, kill, or wound -. May we still be found Content with our hard fare, my boys, On the cold ground. Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys ! Why, soldiers, why ? Whose business 'tis to die ? What ! sighing ? fie ! Damn fear, drink on, be jolly boys ! 'Tis he, you, and I. Cold, hot, wet,...
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Bracebridge Hall; Or, The Humorists, Volume 1

Washington Irving - American fiction - 1822 - 412 pages
...or Kensingtongarden. He talks frequently about " the service," and is fond of humming the old song, Why., soldiers, why, Should we be melancholy, boys ? Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 'tis to die ! I cannot discover, however, that the general has ever run any great risk of dying, excepting from...
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The Norwich Minstrel, Containing Several Hundred of the Most Admired and ...

English poetry - 1831 - 272 pages
...fight, kill, or wound, May we still be found Content with our hard fate my boys, On the cold ground. Why soldiers, why Should we be melancholy boys ? Why soldiers, why ? Whose business 'tis to die; What— sighing? fie! Drown care, drink on be jolly, boys, Tis he, you, or I, Cold, hot, wet, or dry,...
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The Universal Songster and Museum of Mirth: A Collection of ..., Volume 2

Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...fight, kill or wound; May we still be found, Content with our hard fate, my boys, On the cold ground. Why soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys? Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 'tis to die — What — sighing? fie! Don't fear, drink on, be jolly, boys; 'Tis he, you, or I, Cold, hot, wet,...
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Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey

Washington Irving - Abbotsford - 1835 - 352 pages
...by him at the mess table, on the eve of the storming of Quebec, in which he fell so gloriously : — "Why, soldiers, why, Should we be melancholy, boys ? Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 'tis to die I For should next campaign Send us to Him who made us, boys, We 're free from pain : But should we...
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The author

Washington Irving - American literature - 1835 - 276 pages
...or Kensington garden. He talks frequently about " the service," and is fond of humming the old song, Why, soldiers, why, Should we be melancholy, boys...Why, soldiers, why, ., Whose business 'tis to die! I cannot discover however, that the general has ever run any great risk of dying, excepting from an...
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Bracebridge Hall; Or, The Humorists. A Medley, Volume 1

Washington Irving - American literature - 1835 - 274 pages
...or Kensington garden. He talks frequently about "the service," and is fond of humming the old song, Why, soldiers, why, Should we be melancholy, boys ? Why, soldiers, why^ Whose business 't is to die ! ' cannot discover however, that the general has ever run any great risk of dying, excepting...
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Abbotsford, and Newstead Abbey

Washington Irving - Abbotsford - 1835 - 262 pages
...him at the mess table, on the eve of the storming of Quebec, ia which he fell so gloriously : — . " Why, soldiers, why, Should we be melancholy, boys ? Why, soldiers, why, Whose business 't is to die ! For should next campaign Send us to Him who made w, boys, We 're free from pain : But...
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The Quaver; or, Songster's pocket companion

Quaver - Songs - 1844 - 552 pages
...fight, kill, or wound, May we still be found Content, with our hard fare, my boys, On the cold ground. Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys ? Why, soldiers, why ? Whose business 'tis to die. If* What, sighing ? fie ! Drink on, and let's be jolly, boys, 'Tis he, you, and I, Cold, hot, wet,...
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