“ Standing in the ranks her own true love did see.
She stepped up unto him and thus to him did say,
By your features an Englishman you be,
If that you be willing whatever may betide,
I'll be your loyal comrade, and lie down by your side. ”

“ But Ah! unhappy maiden,
⁠That love you ne’er shall see,
Yet I love my love, because I know,
⁠My love loves me.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”

“ A majors commission on you we will bestow.
And you may push your fortune brave Jack Munro,
Looking through the wounded men, her own true love did see,
She says my loving com’rade they have preferred me. ”