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Housman read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\n \n---------------------------------------------\n \nGrenadier\nby AE Housman(1859 \u2013 1936)\n\nThe Queen she sent to look for me,\n The sergeant he did say,\n`Young man, a soldier will you be\n For thirteen pence a day?'\n \nFor thirteen pence a day did I\n Take off the things I wore,\nAnd I have marched to where I lie,\n And I shall march no more.\n \nMy mouth is dry, my shirt is wet,\n My blood runs all away,\nSo now I shall not die in debt\n For thirteen pence a day.\n \nTo-morrow after new young men\n The sergeant he must see,\nFor things will all be over then\n Between the Queen and me.\n \nAnd I shall have to bate my price,\n For in the grave, they say,\nIs neither knowledge nor device\n Nor thirteen pence a day.\n\n\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\n\nReading \xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008