THE RAEME MARCH

The RAEME March in quick time is an arrangement of ‘LILLIBURLERO’ and ‘THE BOYS IN THE BACK ROOM’.

 LILLIBURLERO

Verse:         Ho, Border Teague, dost hear the decree.

                   Lilli Burlero, bullen-a-la.

                   Dat we shall have a new deputy,

                   Lilli Burlero, bullen-a-la.

Chorus:        Lero, Lero, Lilli Burlero,

                   Lilli Burlero, bullen-a-la.

Lero, Lero,Lero, Lero,

Lilli Burlero, bullen-a-la. 

THE BOYS IN THE BACK ROOM

 Verse:        See what the boys in the back-room will have,

                   And tell ‘em I’m having the same.

                   See what the boys in the back-room will have,

                   And give them the poison they name.

Chorus:        And when I die, don’t spend my money,

                   On flowers or my picture in a frame,

                   Just see what the boys in the back-room will have,

                   And tell ‘em I sighed……………

                   Tell ‘em I cried……………

                   And tell ‘em I died of the same.