Wars > Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)

                         THE

        Berkſhire Farmer's

             THOUGHTS

                           ON

              INVASION.

                A SONG.

               Tune---Liberty Hall.

                              I.

SO ! Bonaparte's coming, as folks ſeem to ſay,
(But I hope to have time to get in my hay.)
And while he's caballing, and making a parley,
Perhaps I ſhall houſe all my wheat and my barley.
                                                                  Fal lal de ral, &c.

                              II.

Then I ſhall have time to attend to my duty,
And keep the ſtarved dogs from making a booty
Of what I've been toiling for, both late and early,
To ſupport my old woman, whom I love ſo dearly.
                                                                  Fal lal de ral, &c.

                              III.

Then, there are my children, and ſome of them feeble,
I wiſh, from my ſoul, that they were more able
To aſſiſt their old father, in drubbing the knaves,
For we ne'er will ſubmit to become their tame ſlaves.
                                                                  Fal lal de ral, &c.

                              IV.

But then, here's ſon Dick, who is both ſtrong and luſty,
And towards the French he is damnable craſty ;
If you give him a pitchfork, or any ſuch thing,
He will fight till he's dead, in defence of his King.
                                                                  Fal lal de ral, &c.

                              V.

And I'll anſwer for Ned, too, he'll never give out;
He ſhould eat no more bacon, if I had a doubt.
And I wiſh every one, who's not ſtaunch in the cauſe,
May ne'er get a bit more to put in their jaws.
                                                                  Fal lal de ral, &c,

                              VI.

So you ſee, Bonaparte, how you are miſtaken,
In your big little notions of ſtealing our bacon.
And your straight way to London, I this will you tell,
Your ſtraight way to London is your ſhort way to Hell.
                                                                  Fal lal de ral, &c.

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