The Lancashire Lads Old Blind Dogs

[Verse 1]
It was last Monday mornin'
Oh, as I have heard them say
Our orders, they came this afternoon
We're bound to march away
[Chorus]
For the Lancashire lads have gone abroad
Whatever shall we do?
They're leaving many's a pretty fair maid
To cry, "What shall I do?"
[Verse 2]
Said the mother to the daughter
"What makes you talk so strange?
That you want to marry a soldier lad
And the whole wide world to range."
[Chorus]
Oh, the Lancashire lads have gone abroad
Whatever shall we do?
They're leaving many's a pretty fair maid
To cry, "What shall I do?"
[Verse 3]
"For the soldiers, they are rambling boys
They have but little pay
Can they maintain a wife and child
On fifteen pence a day?"