Quick Context: British Military 18th Century Song - Arranged by John Tams for the TV Series "Sharpe" which was set in the Napoleonic Wars ... This is a song that has been sang for centuries in Britain about soldiers leaving home to carry out their duty.
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British Military 18th Century Song - Arranged by John Tams for the TV Series "Sharpe" which was set in the Napoleonic Wars ... This is a song that has been sang for centuries in Britain about soldiers leaving home to carry out their duty. This tune was published in Thomas D'Urfey's Pills to Purge Melancholy (Originally in 1706).
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- British Military 18th Century Song - Arranged by John Tams for the TV Series "Sharpe" which was set in the Napoleonic Wars ...
- This is a song that has been sang for centuries in Britain about soldiers leaving home to carry out their duty.
- This tune was published in Thomas D'Urfey's Pills to Purge Melancholy (Originally in 1706).
- A much darker take on this lovely old tune: "King George commands, and we obey,
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