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CHEER up with a loud hurah,
Let every Britain smile,
To welcome the royal heads of France
To visit Britain's isle,
Napoleon and his wife,
To meet we will advance,
Here's the Emperor and the Empress
The pride of glorious France.
CHORUS.
Cheer up with a loud hurah,
And let Britannia smile,
Welcome the royal heads of France,
To visit Britain's isle.
Here's the Emperor three times three
And the lovly Empress too.
The bells shall ring, and we will sing
The sweet red, white, and blue.
United we will be,
Nothing shall us divide,
England, France and liberty,
The Emperor and his bride:
To visit they will go.
My lord and lady mayor,
You English ladies proudly cheer,
The Empress of the fair
Cheer her three times three,
She is a beauty bright,
She is all amibility,
She is France's sole delight.
So welcome to our isle,
France.
The noble son of France,
To meet the Emperor and his bride,
We proudly will advance.
So we'll cheer them all the way.
The ſtag we will unfurl,
While side by side we boldly ride,
Conquering all the world.
Behold our gracious queen,
So gloriously advance,
To welcome here the Emperor
And the Empress of France ;
Respect we will them show,
By land and on the sea.
Come Britain's bid them welcome,
So loud with three times three.
Cannons loud shall roar.
The bells shall merrily ring,
Voices from shore to shore,
So gloiously shall sing,
Napoleon Bonaparte,
Forget him we will not,
Honour and fame, that glorious name
Shall never be forgot,
Hurah, my lads hurah,
Come welcome the Frenchman true
The Emperor and the Empress,
The sweet red, white and blue
The glory of the world,
For honour we'll advance,
Yes, united lads for ever,
Shall be England and France,
Our Army and our Navy,
Shall the British flag unfurl
Our army and our navy
Shall conquer all the world
Onr army and our navy
Shall in the wars advance,
Shall boldly fight for freedom
With the gallant sons of France.
Paul, Printer, Gt. St. Andrew-street
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| English ballads > Wars > Crimean War (1853-1856) > Welcome France |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74891968 |
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| Description | This ballad celebrates Napoleon's visit to Britain during the Crimean War in 1855. First line reads: Cheer up with a loud hurah. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1748 |
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| Description | Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust. |
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