Lay Down Your Arms
Composer(s): Gerhard - Land - Robertson
Performer(s): Anne Shelton



Come to the station, jump from the train 
March at the double, down lover's lane 
Then in the glen where the roses entwine 
Lay down your arms (Lay down your arms) 
Lay down your arms and surrender to mine 

My sweetheart is a soldier, as handsome as can be 
But suddenly they sent him, away across the sea 
So patiently I waited, until his leave was due 
Then wrote and said "My darling, I'll tell you what to do" 

Come to the station, jump from the train 
March at the double, down lover's lane 
Then in the glen where the roses entwine 
Lay down your arms (Lay down your arms) 
Lay down your arms and surrender to mine 

A soldier is a soldier, and when he's on parade 
An order is an order, and has to be obeyed 
You've got to do your duty, wherever you may be 
And now you're under orders, to hurry home to me 

Come to the station, jump from the train 
March at the double, down lover's lane 
Then in the glen where the roses entwine 
Lay down your arms (Lay down your arms) 
Lay down your arms and surrender to mine 

The girl who loves a soldier, is either sad or gay 
'Cos first of all he's with her, and then he's far away 
But soldiers have their duty, to answer to the call 
And that is why I'm calling, the loudest of them all 

Come to the station, jump from the train 
March at the double, down lover's lane 
Then in the glen where the roses entwine 
Lay down your arms (Lay down your arms) 
Lay down your arms and surrender to mine 
Lay down your arms and surrender to mine 
Lay down your arms and surrender to mine