The Soldiers of the Queen

A 1898 popular British march.
Words and music by Leslie Stuart.

Here we present two verses with a player piano roll accompaniment.


The sheet music suggested by Ross Boyle:


Accompaniment from a player piano roll:


Lyrics

  1. Britons once did loyally declaim
    About the way we rul’d the waves
    Ev’ry Briton’s song was just the same
    When singing of our soldier braves
    All the world had heard it
    Wonder’d why we sang
    And some have learn’d the reason why
    But we’re forgetting it
    And we’re letting it
    Fade away and gradually die
    Fade away and gradually die
    So when we say that England’s master
    Remember who has made her so

Refrain
It’s the soldiers of the Queen, my lads
Who’ve been, my lads, who’ve seen, my lads
In the fight for England’s glory, lads
When we have to show them what we mean
And when we say we’ve always won
And when they ask us how it’s done?
We’ll proudly point to ev’ryone of England’s
Soldiers of the Queen

  1. War clouds gather over ev’ry land
    Our flag is threaten’d East and West
    Nations that we’ve shaken by the hand
    Our bold resources try to test
    They thought they found us sleeping
    Thought us unprepar’d
    Because we have our party wars
    But Englishmen unite
    When they’re call’d to fight
    The battle for Old England’s common cause
    The battle for Old England’s common cause
    So when we say that England’s master
    Remember who has made her so

Sung here by Fred Feild: