War Songs and Songs and Ballads of Martial LifeJohn Macleay W. Scott Limited, 1900 - 226 pages |
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... hand - to - hand fighting , which is typically English , charged , and , snatching the axes from the amazed enemy's hands , carried all before them . After the two earliest great military leaders of England , the Black Prince and Henry ...
... hand - to - hand fighting , which is typically English , charged , and , snatching the axes from the amazed enemy's hands , carried all before them . After the two earliest great military leaders of England , the Black Prince and Henry ...
Page 111
... hand , In token of their merit , Then boldly they'll march o'er the land , And show a grateful spirit . For you the musket first he takes , That you may rest in quiet , His wife and children he forsakes , To shift for clothes and diet ...
... hand , In token of their merit , Then boldly they'll march o'er the land , And show a grateful spirit . For you the musket first he takes , That you may rest in quiet , His wife and children he forsakes , To shift for clothes and diet ...
Page 112
... hand , In justice to their merit , When they return unto their land , They'll bless your noble spirit . Well , now they've thresh'd the foe , we'll say , Did all within their power , But little more than blows have they , And one ...
... hand , In justice to their merit , When they return unto their land , They'll bless your noble spirit . Well , now they've thresh'd the foe , we'll say , Did all within their power , But little more than blows have they , And one ...
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War Songs and Songs and Ballads of Martial Life (Classic Reprint) John Macleay No preview available - 2017 |
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absent-minded beggar arms army battle BATTLE OF AGINCOURT BATTLE OF BLENHEIM BATTLE OF VITTORIA blood bold bowld sojer boy brave Lord Willoughby Britannia British Grenadiers bugle Cannon charge cheer Colours Corporal Casey cried croppies croppies lie dear death DIBDIN DONALD MACDONALD DRAGOON drum beats England English fame fear fierce fife fife and drum fight fire fought FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE fray freedom French gallant glory guard hae nane Hark heart heroes Highland bonnets Highland laddie honour horse Hurroo Huzzah INTRODUCTORY NOTE king lads land look MEN OF HARLECH merry nane but Highland ne'er never noble o'er PIBROCH PIBROCH OF DONUIL pride RELIEF OF LUCKNOW roll row de dow row row rub a dub SCOTS WHA HAE shout sing soldier soldier songs songs sound sword tears thee thine thou thunder trumpet victory Vittoria wave wounded