The Little Drummer Girl

Was brought up in Yorkshire and when I was sixteen
 I ran away to London and a soldier I became
 Me white cap and feathers, likewise me rattling drum
 They learned me to play upon the rub-a-dub-a-dum
 With me gentle waist so slender and my fingers long and small
 Could play upon the rub-a-dub the best of them all
 And many a world of fights me boys
 I saw out in the field
 And boldly I defied them all
 and I refused to yield
 In buttoning up me trousers while often I did smile
 To think I lay with a thousand men and a maiden all the while
 With me white cap and feathers, likewise me rattling drum
 They learned me to play upon the rub-a-dub-a-dum
 With me gentle waist so slender and my fingers long and small
 Could play upon the rub-a-dub the best of them all
 They never found my secret out until this very hour
 They sent me up to London to be sentry at the Tower
 A lady fell in love with me found I was a maid
 She sent me to my officer and my secret she betrayed
 Well he unbuttoned my red tunic and he found out it was true
 'It's a shame,' he said, 'to lose a pretty drummer boy like you'
 And now I must return and go it all alone
 Along with my old comrades no longer can I roam
 With me white cap and feathers, likewise me rattling drum
 They learned me to play upon the rub-a-dub-a-dum
 With me gentle waist so slender and my fingers long and small
 Could play upon the rub-a-dub the best of them all
 With me fine cap and feathers, likewise me rattling drum
 They learned me to play upon the rub-a-dub-a-dum
 With me gentle waist so slender and my fingers long and small
 Could play upon the rub-a-dub the best of them all