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What can be ſo ſtrong in the heart as true love,
When deck'd in beauty by the powers above,
It never will flatter, diſſemble, nor fly,
With my love I'll live, with my true love I'll die.

THE FEMALE SOLDIER.

WHEN I was a young girl, at the age of fifteen,
I was courted by a young man moſt rare to be ſeen;
But now to my grief, for a ſoldier he's gone,
And what to do for my love I will make known.

I dreſs'd myſelf up in ſome men's array,
And went to the captain without more delay,
Where I liſted myſelf for a drummer ſo ſtrong,
In the very ſame regiment where my love belong'd.

The very next morning the route it came,
That the ſame regiment to Jamaica was bound;
And over the plain as we marched along,
I charmed my love by the ſound of the drum.

Beat up my little drummer, the colonel reply'd,
You ſhall be advanc'd from a drummer this day;
The very next day a lieutenant I was made,
For to handle my pen I never was afraid.

The very next day my love's trial came on,
For miſſing of his duty, as you may underſtand,
When I begg'd his forgiveneſs & did him embrace,
And before the whole reg'ment I op'ned my caſe.

The very next morning my love and I was wed,
The colonel made him lieutenant in any ſtead;
And now, for my courage, as plain you may fee,
This has been the upmaking of my love and me.

GLASGOW,

Printed by J. and M. Robertſon, Saltmarket, 1802.}}