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Ye sons of Great Britain come join with me	A
And sing in praise of Sir Garnet Wolseley	B
Sound drums and trumpets cheerfully	B
For he has acted most heroically	B
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Therefore loudly his praises sing	C
Until the hills their echoes back doth ring	C
For he is a noble hero bold	D
And an honour to his Queen and country be it told	D
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He has gained for himself fame and renown	E
Which to posterity will be handed down	E
Because he has defeated Arabi by land and by sea	B
And from the battle of Tel el Kebir he made him to flee	B
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With an army about fourteen thousand strong	F
Through Egypt he did fearlessly march along	F
With the gallant and brave Highland brigade	G
To whom honour is due be it said	H
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Arabi's army was about seventy thousand in all	B
And virtually speaking it wasn't very small	B
But if they had been as numerous again	I
The Irish and Highland brigades would have beaten them it is plain	J
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'Twas on the th day of September in the year of	K
Which Arabi and his rebel horde long will rue	L
Because Sir Garnet Wolseley and his brave little band	M
Fought and conquered them on Kebir land	M
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He marched upon the enemy with his gallant band	M
O'er the wild and lonely desert sand	M
And attacked them before daylight	N
And in twenty minutes he put them to flight	N
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The first shock of the attack was borne by the Second Brigade	G
Who behaved most manfully it is said	H
Under the command of brave General Grahame	A
And have gained a lasting honour to their name	A
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But Major Hart and the th Royal Irish conjoint	H
Carried the trenches at the bayonet point	H
Then the Marines chased them about four miles away	O
At the charge of the bayonet without dismay	O
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General Sir Archibald Alison led on the Highland Brigade	H
Who never were the least afraid	H
And such has been the case in this Egyptian war	P
For at the charge of the bayonet they ran from them afar	Q
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With their bagpipes playing and one ringing cheer	R
And the nd soon did the trenches clear	R
Then hand to hand they did engage	S
And fought like tigers in a cage	S
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Oh it must have been a glorious sight	H
To see Sir Garnet Wolseley in the thickest of the fight	H
In the midst of shot and shell and the cannons roar	P
Whilst the dead and the dying lay weltering in their gore	P
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Then the Egyptians were forced to yield	H
And the British were left masters of the field	H
Then Arabi he did fret and frown	E
To see his army thus cut down	E
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Then Arabi the rebel took to flight	H
And spurred his Arab steed with all his might	H
With his heart full of despair and woe	T
And never halted till he reached Cairo	T
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Now since the Egyptian war is at an end	H
Let us thank God Who did send	H
Sir Garnet Wolseley to crush and kill	B
Arabi and his rebel army at Kebir hill	B

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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