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                      BETTER

          LATE THAN NEVER ;

FRANCE WON'T BE CONQUERED.

See the glorious battle raging,
Doo-da, doo-da ;
The French and Prussians are engaging,
Doo-da, doo-da day.
Will never from the ranks retreat—
Doo-da, doo-da ;
No power on earth shall shameful beat,
Doo-da, doo-da day.

                  Chorus.

Then let the trumpet sound,
And the thundering cannons roar ;
And the name of glorious Bonaparte,
Resound from shore to shore.

Napoleon says he won't be beat,
Doo-da, doo-da ;
No German powers shall him defeat,
Doo-da, doo-da day.
He will lick them all and drive them
mad, Doo-da, doo-da ;
And bury their bodies at Bollinafod,
Doo-da, doo-da day.
And when he has licked the Prussians, O,
Doo-da, doo-da ;
He intends to have a go at the Russians, O,
Doo-da, doo-da day.
Then he'll visit Ireland with a smile,
Doo-da, do-da ;
And dance a jig on Erin's Isle,
Doo-da, doo-da day.
Says Napoleon, I am nothing fearing,
Doo-da, doo-da ;
If I had a regiment of the sons of Erin,
Doo-da, doo-da day.
They are the lads that would 'to battle fly,
Doo-da, doo-da ;                 
They would gain the victory or die.;
Doo-da, doo-da day.

I don't care a fig for Prussia, O,
Doo-da, do-da ;
Austria, Portugal or Russian,
Doo-da, do-da day.
Fight me fair, and give me time,
Doo-da, do-da ;
And I will pepper them well behind,
Doo-da, doo-da day.

To give the Prussians, France proposes,
Doo-da, do-da ;
Some fine black eyes and broken noses,
Doo-da doo-da day.
Then he'll knock the Germans over the moon
Doo-da, doo-da ;
With a three cocked hat, and a German broom
Doo-da, doo-da day.

A Prussian pig and a large poloney,
Doo-da, doo-da day.
Could never cope with my uncle Boney,
Doo-da, doo-da ;
For he was the chap to make them prance,
Doo-da, doo-da ;
And fight for the liberty of Fiance,
Doo-da, doo-da day.

He always had a great desire then,
Doo-da, doo-da ;
To go and live, and die in Ireland ;
Doo-da, doo-da day.
He'll beat them all, then, with a smile,
Doo-da, doo-da ;
I will drink success to Erin's Isle.
Doo-da, doo-da day.

      J, Bathgate,Printer, 198 Park Lane.