Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, "I'M GOING FOR A SOLDIER, JENNY", by ANONYMOUS


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"I'M GOING FOR A SOLDIER, JENNY", by                    
Last Line: "jenny, look unto your own"
Subject(s): Love;sea;soldiers; Ocean


I'm going for a soldier, Jenny,
Going o'er the rolling sea,
They've given me a golden guinea,
Which they say has 'listed me;
'Tis no use to fall a crying,
Give your senseless weeping o'er,
Many a day you've heard me sighing,
You should have been kind before.

'Tis very fine and pretty, Jenny,
Now to wish that I should stay,
But indeed, I'm thinking, Jenny,
We'll not meet for many a day;
What if, heart and spirit sinking,
What if I should come to shame?
Be it as it may, I'm thinking,
You alone will be to blame.

Long and dearly I have loved you,
And you must full well have known,
If I had not faithless proved you,
I had never reckless grown;
But fare you well, the hours are flying,
Time it is that I was gone,
When next another heart you're trying,
Jenny, look unto your own.





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