Oh my love has left me wi' bairnies twa   And that's the last o' him I ever saw   He's joined the army and he marched awa'   He took the shillin'   He took the shillin' and he marched awa'      Come laddies come, hear the cannons roar   Take the King's shilling an' we're off tae war   Come laddies come, hear the cannons roar   Take the King's shilling an' we're off tae war      He looked so fine as he marched along   Wi' his kilt and sporran an' his musket gun   And the ladies kissed them as they marched awa'   He sailed out by   They sailed out by the Berwick Law      Come laddies come, hear the cannons roar   Take the King's shilling an' we're off tae war   Come laddies come, hear the cannons roar   Take the King's shilling an' we're off tae war      The pipes did play as he marched along   And 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      Come laddies come, hear the cannons roar   Take the King's shilling an' we're off tae war   Come laddies come, hear the cannons roar   Take the King's shilling an' we're off tae war      The battle rattled tae the sound o' guns   And bayonets flashed in the morning sun   The drums did beat and the cannons roar   And the shillin' didn't seem   The shillin' didn't seem much worth the war      Come laddies come, hear the cannons roar   Take the King's shilling an' we're off tae war   Come laddies come, hear the cannons roar   Take the King's shilling an' we're off tae war      And on they fought and the men did fall   Cut down by bayonet and musket ball   And many o' these brave young men   Would never fight for   Would never fight for their King again      Come laddies come, hear the cannons roar   Take the King's shilling an' we're off tae war   Come laddies come, hear the cannons roar   Take the King's shilling an' we're off tae war