Death Death of Wellington
J. Harkness, Printer, 121, Church Street, Preston.
On the 14th of September, near to the town of Deal,
As you may well remember who have a heart to feel,
Died Wellington, a general bold, of glorious renown,
Who beat the great Napoleon near unto Brussels town.
CHORUS.
So don’t forget brave Wellington, who won at Waterloo,
He beat the great Napoleon and all his generals too.
He led the British army on through Portugal and Spain,
And every battle there he won the Frenchmen to restrain,
He ever was victorious in every battle field,
He gained a fame most glorious because he’d never yield.
He drove Napoleon from home, in exile for to dwell,
Far o’er the sea, and from his home, and all he loved so well.
He stripped him quite of all his power, and banished him away,
To St. Helena’s rocks and towers the rest of his life to stay.
Then on the throne of France he placed Louis the king by right,
In after years he was displaced all by the people’s might,
But should the young Napoleon threaten our land and laws,
We’ll find another Wellington should ever we have cause.
He’s dead, our hero’s gone to rest, and o’er his corpse we’ll mourn,
With sadness and with grief oppress’d, for he will not return,
But we his deeds will not forget, and should we ere again,
Follow the example that he set, his glory we’ll not stain.
So don’t forget brave Wellington, who won at Waterloo,
He beat the great Napoleon and all his generals too.