intro: Am D Am7 D 
    Am  D              G     Bm Em                     Am   Bm7 * 
 Oh hark! the drums do beat, my love, no longer can we stay. 
Am          D        Am G    C                   D      Em 
The bugle-horns are sounding clear, and we must march away. 
Am            D       Am G C                        D     Em 
We're ordered down to Portsmouth, and it's many the weary mile. 
   Am7       D      Am G Am     G            Am     D Am7 D 
To join the British Army on the banks of the Nile.