Lay down your arms (1956)
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Come to the station, jump from the train,
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march at the double down lover's
lane.
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Then in the glen, where the roses entwine,
C
lay down your arms (lay down your
arms),
G C
lay down your arms and surrender
to mine.
C
G
1. My sweetheart is a soldier as handsome as can be,
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but
suddenly they sent him away across the sea,
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so
patiently I waited until his leave was due,
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then
wrote and said, “My darling, I'll tell you what to do.”
+ CHORUS
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2. A soldier is a soldier, and when he's on parade,
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an
order is an order and has to be obeyed.
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F
You've got to do your duty
wherever you may be,
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G C
and
now you're under orders to hurry home to me.
+ CHORUS - D
D
A
3. The girl who loves a soldier is either sad or gay,
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'cause first of all he's with her and then he's far away.
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G
But soldiers have their duty
to answer to the call,
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A D
and that
is why I'm calling the loudest of them all.
D A
Come to the station, jump from the train,
A7 D
march at the double down lover's
lane.
D7 G
Then in the glen, where the roses entwine,
D
lay down your arms (lay down your
arms),
A D
lay down your arms and surrender
to mine.
D
A D
+ Lay down your arms and
surrender to mine (4x) ....
(orig. = capo 1st; midi = capo 7th)
(Anne Shelton)