Light Dragoon

Well, a light dragoon came over the
hill when the moon was shining clearly,
And there was a little lady and she knew
him by his horse because she loved him dearly.
Dearly, so dearly,
oh there was a little lady and she knew
him by his horse because she loved him dearly.

So she's grabbed him by the near-side
reign and she's led him to the stable,
"Here's hay and oats for your horse,
young man, he can eat now he is able".
Able, so able,
"here's hay and oats for your horse,
young man, he can eat now he is able."

And she's taken him by the
lily-white hand and she's led him to the table,
"Here's cakes and wine for you,
my dear, you can eat now you are able".
Able, so able,
"Here's cakes and wine for you,
my dear, you can eat now you are able".

Oh, she's taken a bottle in her hand
and she's poured the wine so clearly,
"Here's a health to yours and to mine,
" she says, "and you're welcome home, my deary."
Deary, my deary,
"here's a health to yours and to mine,
" she says, "and you're welcome home, my deary."

And she's gone upstairs to make the bed, to make it soft and comfy,
And how nimbly she's jumped into the bed for to see if it was easy.
Easy, so easy,
how nimbly she's jumped into the bed for to see if it was easy.

And the light dragoon has come
upstairs, put his trousers on the table,
And how nimbly he's jumped into the bed for to do what he was able.
Able, so able,
how nimbly he's jumped into the bed for to do what he was able.

Well, they lay in bed and the clock
struck one, and the trumpets they were sounding,
Her spirits they were high and her belly
it was low and she's gone home to her mother,
Mother, oh mother,
her spirits they were high and her belly
it was low and she's gone home to her mother.

"Oh, where have you been,
oh the live long night?", inquired her anxious parents.
"Oh, I've been alone with a light dragoon because I love him dearly".
Dearly, so dearly, "Oh,
I've been alone with a light dragoon because I love him dearly.