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'Twas in the year and on the th day of June	A
That British cannon against the French army loudly did boom	B
Upon the ever memorable bloody field of Waterloo	C
Which Napoleon remembered while in St Helena and bitterly did rue	C
The morning of the th was gloomy and cheerless to behold	D
But the British soon recovered from the severe cold	D
That they had endured the previous rainy night	E
And each man prepared to burnish his arms for the coming fight	E
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Then the morning passed in mutual arrangements for battle	F
And the French guns at half past eleven loudly did rattle	F
And immediately the order for attack was given	G
Then the bullets flew like lightning till the Heaven's seemed riven	G
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The place from which Bonaparte viewed the bloody field	H
Was the farmhouse of La Belle Alliance which some protection did yield	H
And there he remained for the most part of the day	I
Pacing to and fro with his hands behind him in doubtful dismay	I
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The Duke of Wellington stood upon a bridge behind La Haye	I
And viewed the British army in all their grand array	I
And where danger threatened most the noble Duke was found	J
In the midst of shot and shell on every side around	J
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Hougemont was the key of the Duke of Wellington's position	G
A spot that was naturally very strong and a great acqusition	G
To the Duke and his staff during the day	I
Which the Coldstream Guards held to the last without dismay	I
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The French nd Corps were principally directed during the day	I
To carry Hougemont farmhouse without delay	I
So the farmhouse in quick succession they did attack	K
But the British guns on the heights above soon drove them back	K
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But still the heavy shot and shells ploughed through the walls	L
Yet the brave Guards resolved to hold the place no matter what befalls	L
And they fought manfully to the last with courage unshaken	G
Until the tower of Hougemont was in a blaze but still it remained untaken	G
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By these desperate attacks Napoleon lost ten thousand men	G
And left them weltering in their gore like sheep in a pen	G
And the British lost one thousand men which wasn't very great	M
Because the great Napoleon met with a crushing defeat	N
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The advance of Napoleon on the right was really very fine	G
Which was followed by a general onset upon the British line	G
In which three hundred pieces of artillery opened their cannonade	N
But the British artillery played upon them and great courage displayed	N
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For ten long hours it was a continued succession of attacks	O
Whilst the British cavalry charged them in all their drawbacks	O
And the courage of the British Army was great in square at Waterloo	C
Because hour after hour they were mowed down in numbers not a few	C
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At times the temper of the troops had very nearly failed	N
Especially amongst the Irish regiments who angry railed	N
And they cried When will we get at them Show us the way	I
That we may avenge the death of our comrades without delay	I
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But be steady and cool my brave lads was their officers' command	N
While each man was ready to charge with gun in hand	N
Oh Heaven if was pitiful to see their comrades lying around	N
Dead and weltering in their gore and cumbering the ground	N
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It was a most dreadful sight to behold	N
Heaps upon heaps of dead men lying stiff and cold	N
While the cries of the dying was lamentable to hear	P
And for the loss Of their comrades many a soldier shed a tear	Q
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Men and horses fell on every aide around	N
Whilst heavy cannon shot tore up the ground	N
And musket balls in thousands flew	C
And innocent blood bedewed the field of Waterloo	C
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Methinks I see the solid British square	Q
Whilst the shout of the French did rend the air	Q
As they rush against the square of steel	R
Which forced them back and made them reel	R
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And when a gap was made in that square	Q
The cry of Close up Close up did rend the air	Q
And charge them with your bayonets and make them fly	S
And Scotland for ever be the cry	S
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The French and British closed in solid square	Q
While the smoke of the heavy cannonade darkened the air	Q
Then the noble Picton deployed his division into line	G
And drove back the enemy in a very short time	T
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Then Lord Anglesey seized on the moment and charging with the Greys	O
Whilst the Inniskillings burst through everything which they did always	O
Then the French infantry fell in hundreds by the swords of the Dragoons	O
Whilst the thundering of the cannonade loudly booms	O
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And the Eagles of the th and th were all captured that day	I
And upwards of prisoners all in grand array	I
But alas at the head of his division the noble Picton fell	U
While the Highlanders played a lament for him they loved so well	U
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Then the French cavalry receded from the square they couldn't penetrate	N
Still Napoleon thought to weary the British into defeat	N
But when he saw his columns driven back in dismay	I
He cried How beautifully these English fight but they must give way	I
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And well did British bravery deserve the proud encomium	I
Which their enduring courage drew from the brave Napoleon	G
And when the close column of infantry came on the British square	Q
Then the British gave one loud cheer which did rend the air	Q
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Then the French army pressed forward at Napoleon's command	N
Determined no doubt to make a bold stand	N
Then Wellington cried Up Guards and break their ranks through	C
And chase the French invaders from off the field of Waterloo	C
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Then in a moment they were all on their feet	N
And they met the French sword in hand and made them retreat	N
Then Wellington in person directed the attack	K
And at every point and turning the French were beaten back	K
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And the road was choked and encumbered with the dead	N
And unable to stand the charge the French instantly fled	N
And Napoleon's army of yesterday was now a total wreck	V
Which the British manfully for ten long hours held in check	V
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Then panic struck the French were forced to yield	N
And Napoleon turned his charger's head and fled from the field	N
With his heart full of woe no doubt	N
Exclaiming Oh Heaven my noble army has met with a total rout	N

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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