Battle of Waterloo
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Here's happy lives to men an wives,
And here's to you an' me, man;
Altho' my sang be very lang,
A langer sang I've seen, man,
I ll tak a glass, an' let it pass-
Huzza ! God save the King, man.
ANSWER TO THE BLUE BONNET.
FAREWELL to all sorrows, with joy now I'll sing,
Since Charles has return'd as free as a king,
Its long seven years since he bade me adieu,
But now he has return'd with his bonnet so blue.
He cried out-be constant, that day we did part,
That word was so heavy it sunk in my heart,
But like a moving turtle, the campaign stood thro'
But now he has returned with his bonnet so blue.
Some said he was wounded, some said he was
slain,
Which made me lament-and he alive upon the
plain,
With joy transported my senses all flew,
When I saw my dear charmer and his bonnet so
blue.
I fainted with joy, in his arms I did fall,
My cheeks they did willow, my lips turned pale;
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