Lay Down Your Arms lyrics

My sweetheart is a soldier
As handsome as can be
But suddenly they sent him
away across the sea

So patiently I waited
until his leave was due
Then wrote and said `My darling,
I`ll tell you what to do`

Come to the station
Jump from the train
March at the double
down lover`s lane
Then in the glen where the roses en-twine
Lay down your arms (Lay down your arms)
Lay down your arms and surrender to mine

A soldier is a soldier
And when he`s on parade
An order is an order
And has to be obeyed

You`ve got to do your duty
wherever you may be
And now you`re under orders
To hurry home to me

Come to the station
Jump from the train
March at the double
down lover`s lane
Then in the glen where the roses en-twine
Lay down your arms (Lay down your arms)
Lay down your arms and surrender to mine

The girl who loves a soldier
Is either sad or gray
`Cos first of all he`s with her
And then he`s far away
But soldiers have their duty
To answer to the call
And that is why I`m calling
The loudest of them all

Come to the station
Jump from the train
March at the double
down lover`s lane
Then in the glen where the roses en-twine
Lay down your arms (Lay down your arms)
Lay down your arms and surrender to mine