Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
'Come Lasses and Lads' is a traditional 17th-century English folk song and dance, often known as "The Rural Dance about the May-pole" or 'The Maypole'. It first appeared in print in the Westminster Drollery in 1672, detailing a festive, romantic May Day scene where young people celebrate around the maypole.
The South Staffordshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for only 68 years. The regiment was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot and the 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot. The regiment saw service in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II. The regiment was amalgamated, in 1959, with the North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) to form the Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) which was later, in 2007, amalgamated with the Cheshire Regiment and the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment to form the Mercian Regiment.
Performed by the National Military Band.
The image is of This soldiers of the 6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment during World War I.
'Come Lasses and Lads' is a traditional 17th-century English folk song and dance, often known as "The Rural Dance about the May-pole" or 'The Maypole'. It first appeared in print in the Westminster Drollery in 1672, detailing a festive, romantic May Day scene where young people celebrate around the maypole.
The South Staffordshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for only 68 years. The regiment was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot and the 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot. The regiment saw service in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II. The regiment was amalgamated, in 1959, with the North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) to form the Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) which was later, in 2007, amalgamated with the Cheshire Regiment and the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment to form the Mercian Regiment.
Performed by the National Military Band.
The image is of This soldiers of the 6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment during World War I.
