Two recruiting sergeants came to the CLB,for the sons of the merchants, to join the Blue PutteesSo all the hands enlisted, five hundred young men...Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow meThey crossed the broad Atlantic in the brave Florizel,And on the sands of Suvla, they entered into hellAnd on those bloody beaches, the first of them fell...Chorus:So it's over the mountains, and over the seaCome brave Newfoundlanders and join the Blue PutteesYou'll fight in Flanders, and at GalipoliEnlist...Then the call came from London, for the last July driveTo the trenches with the regiment, prepare yourselves to dieThe roll call next morning, just a handful survived.Enlist...ChorusThe stone men on Water Street still cry for the dayWhen the pride of the city went marching awayA thousand men slaughtered, to hear the King sayEnlist...Chorus x 3

 

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