Isle of St Helena
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ISLE OF ST HELENA.
Now Boney is awa,
From his warring and fighting,
He is gone to a place,
That he ne'er can delight in.
He may sit now and tell
Of the scenes he has seen a',
While forlorn he doth mourn
On the isle of St Helena.
No more at St Clouds
He'll appear in great splendor,
Nor go forth with his crouds,
Like the great Alexander.
He may sigh to the winds,
By the great mount Diana,
With his eyes o'er the waves,
That surrounds St Helena.
Now Lousiana weeps
For her husband departed,
She dreams while she sleeps,
And awakes broken hearted.
Not a friend to condole,
Even those that might they winna,
And she mourns while she thinks
On the isle of St Helena.
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74553666 |
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| Description | 'Isle of St. Helena'. This song describes Napoelon's exile on St. Helena, with a moralising final verse on the hazards of ambition. Here he is called by his often used nickname of Boney. |
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| Description | "Banks of Doon, Highland Harry, Ralph and Moses, and Dull care". |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2877(35) |
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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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