Recruiting Sargeant Lyrics - Play - Great Big Sea

Two recruiting sergeants came to the CLB, 

for the sons of the merchants, to join the Blue Puttees 

So all the hands enlisted, five hundred young men 

Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me 

They crossed the broad Atlantic in the brave Florizel, 

And on the sands of Suvla, they entered into hell 

And on those bloody beaches, the first of them fell 

[Chorus] 

So it's over the mountains, and over the sea 

Come brave Newfoundlanders and join the Blue Puttees 

You'll fight in Flanders, and at Galipoli 

Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me 

Then the call came from London, for the last July drive 

To the trenches with the regiment, prepare yourselves to die 

The roll call next morning, just a handful survived. 

Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me 

[Chorus] 

The stone men on Water Street still cry for the day 

When the pride of the city went marching away 

A thousand men slaughtered, to hear the King say 

Enlist you Newfoundlanders and come follow me 

[Chorus x3]