[00:17.42]Was brought up in Yorkshire and when I was sixteen[00:21.16]I ran away to London and a soldier I became[00:25.00]Me white cap and feathers, likewise me rattling drum[00:29.05]They learned me to play upon the rub-a-dub-a-dum[00:33.31]With me gentle waist so slender and my fingers long and small[00:37.50]Could play upon the rub-a-dub the best of them all[00:41.39][00:45.39]And many a world of fights me boys[00:47.24]I saw out in the field[00:48.84]And boldly I defied them all[00:51.08]And I refused to yield[00:52.99]In buttoning up me trousers while often I did smile[00:56.84]To think I lay with a thousand men and a maiden all the while[01:01.10]With me white cap and feathers, likewise me rattling drum[01:05.10]They learned me to play upon the rub-a-dub-a-dum[01:09.20]With me gentle waist so slender and my fingers long and small[01:13.16]Could play upon the rub-a-dub the best of them all[01:16.87][01:32.83]They never found my secret out until this very hour[01:36.24]They sent me up to London to be sentry at the Tower[01:40.74]A lady fell in love with me found I was a maid[01:44.70]She sent me to my officer and my secret she betrayed[01:48.70]Well he unbuttoned my red tunic and he found out it was true[01:52.97]‘It's a shame,' he said, ‘to lose a pretty drummer boy like you'[01:57.26]And now I must return and go it all alone[02:01.08]Along with my old comrades no longer can I roam[02:04.64][02:05.13]With me white cap and feathers, likewise me rattling drum[02:08.89]They learned me to play upon the rub-a-dub-a-dum[02:13.15]With me gentle waist so slender and my fingers long and small[02:16.90]Could play upon the rub-a-dub the best of them all[02:21.25]With me fine cap and feathers, likewise me rattling drum[02:25.00]They learned me to play upon the rub-a-dub-a-dum[02:29.15]With me gentle waist so slender and my fingers long and small[02:33.09]Could play upon the rub-a-dub the best of them all