I’VE GOT SIXPENCE
I’ve got sixpence, jolly, jolly, sixpence
I’ve got sixpence to last me all my life;
I’ve got tuppence to spend and tuppence to lend,
And tuppence to send up to my wife, poor wife.
No cares have I to grieve me,
No pretty little wife to deceive me;
I’m happy as a (the ) King, believe me;
As we go rolling, rolling home,(rolling home)
Rolling home, (rolling home) rolling home, (rolling home)
By the light of the silvery moo-oo-oo-oon
Happy all the day as we line up for our pay,
As we go rolling rolling home.
I’ve got 4 pence
tuppence to spend, tuppence to lend,
No pence to send up to my wife----
I’ve got tuppence
Tuppence to spend, no pence to lend and--
I’ve got no pence, jolly, jolly no pence
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I’ve known this song, andheard vets sing it for as long as I remember. It goes back at least to the Boer War, and was sung during the Vietnam War. It’s now hard to trace how far back this song does go, but I suspect it pre-dates the Boer War.