Mount and go (The Captains Lady)

Attr.Burns

  Mount and go, 
  Mount and mak'  you ready 
  Mount and go 
  And be a captain's lady 

When the drums do beat 
And the cannons loudly rattle 
You shall sit in state 
And see thy love in battle 
  
  Chorus

When the musquet balls do rain 
And the troops around them scatter 
Then this battle is no game 
And your silks and satins are no matter 
  
  Chorus

See her ride away 
Now she can no longer tarry 
You can hear her say 
When the war is over we will marry 

  Chorus

Well the news came today 
That this captain's life is over 
And this lady once so gay 
She died in mourning for her rover 

 Chorus