526. Grenadier by AE Housman
b"AE 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\\nFirst aired: 9 June 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"