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BONAPARTE;
OR, THE
THREATEN' D INVASION.
TUNE—BOW WOW, FAL LAL, &C.
COME, liſten every Lord and Lady,
Gentleman and Statesman,
I come to ſing a LITTLE SONG
about a very GREAT MAN !
And ſhould the name of BONAPARTE
mingle in my ſtory,
'T is with all due ſubmiſſion to his
honour's worſhip's glory.
Bow wow, fal lal, &c.
The kindneſs of this philanthropic
gentleman extending,
COLOSSUS like, from iſle to iſle,
their grievances amending.
To England would reach it (if he could)
from fancied ills to ſave ye ;
But though he likes us vaſtly well,
" he does not like our NAVY !" &c.
With Egypt once he fell in love,
becauſe it was the high road
To India, for himſelf and friends
to travel by a nigh road ;
And after ſuch a mighty fuſs,
and righting night and day there,
'T was monſtrours ungenteel of us,
that would not let him ſtay there. &c.
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| Street literature about Napoleon's Wars > Bonaparte; or, The threaten'd invasion > (2) Page 2 |
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| Description | 'Bonaparte or the threaten'd invasion'. This songs gives an account of Napoleon's failures to defeat Britain and British interests from the abortive attempt to conquer Egypt to the Nelson's heroics with the navy to keep him at bay. The Invincibles were Napoleon's forces in Egypt who were defeated by Sir Ralph Abercromby and the 42nd Highlanders at Aboukir Bay in March 1801. |
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| Description | To which are added, The invasion. Nature's richest mine. Johnny Bluster's wife. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2836(6) |
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| Description | Collection of 78 Scottish chapbooks recounting events from the late 1790s to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Cheap print booklets mostly containing ballads about the military conflicts. Also give insights into contemporary views of Napoleon Bonaparte, Josephine de Beauharnais, Horatio Nelson and the Duke of Wellington. |
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