So Jimmy takes his little bit of pay and goes to the town, maybe for something for the home or her. It doesn't say to get drunk, it says while he was there the recruiting sergeant got him drunk and signed him to the colours. They try to get him out, her dad says he'll take the sting of a Guinea to claim him out, but the sergeant says he kissed the book (swore an oath on the Bible) so all's lost. poor Jimmy is off to fight the King's wars Maybe he was at Bunker Hill or Saratogo, maybe it was Waterloo. She poor lass is heartbroken.
So Jimmy takes his little bit of pay and goes to the town, maybe for something for the home or her. It doesn't say to get drunk, it says while he was there the recruiting sergeant got him drunk and signed him to the colours. They try to get him out, her dad says he'll take the sting of a Guinea to claim him out, but the sergeant says he kissed the book (swore an oath on the Bible) so all's lost. poor Jimmy is off to fight the King's wars Maybe he was at Bunker Hill or Saratogo, maybe it was Waterloo. She poor lass is heartbroken.