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'Twas in the year that France and Spain	A
Resolved allied together to crush Britain	B
But the British Army sailed from England in May	C
And arrived off Havana without any delay	C
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And the British Army resolved to operate on land	D
And the appearance of the British troops were really grand	D
And by the Earl of Albemarle the British troops were commanded	E
All eager for to fight as soon as they were landed	E
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Arduous and trying was the work the British had to do	F
Yet with a hearty goodwill they to it flew	F
While the tropical sun on them blazed down	G
But the poor soldiers wrought hard and didn't frown	G
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The bombardment was opened on the th of June	H
And from the British battleships a fierce cannonade did boom	I
And continued from six in the morning till two o'clock in the afternoon	H
And with grief the French and Spaniards sullenly did gloom	I
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And by the th of July the guns of Fort Moro were destroyed	J
And the French and Spaniards were greatly annoyed	J
Because the British troops entered the Fort without dismay	C
And drove them from it at the bayonet charge without delay	C
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But for the safety of the city the Governor organised a night attack	K
Thinking to repulse the British and drive them back	K
And with fifteen hundred militia he did the British attack	K
But the British trench guards soon drove them back	K
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Then the Spandiards were charged and driven down the hill	L
At the point of the bayonet sore against their will	L
And they rushed to their boats the only refuge they could find	M
Leaving a trail of dead and wounded behind	M
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Then Lieutenant Forbes at the head of his men	N
Swept round the ramparts driving all before them	O
And with levelled bayonets they drove them to and fro	P
Then the British flag was hoisted over the bastions of Moro	P
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Then the Governor of the castle fell fighting sword in hand	D
While rallying his men around the flagstaff the scene was grand	D
And the Spaniards fought hard to save their ships of war	Q
But the British destroyed their ships and scattered them afar	R
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And every man in the Moro Fort was bayonet or shot	S
Which in Spanish history will never be forgot	S
And on the th of August Lord Albemarle sent a flag of truce	T
And summoned the Governor to surrender but he seemed to refuse	U
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Then from the batteries the British opened a terrific fire	V
And the Spaniards from their guns were forced to retire	W
Because no longer could they the city defend	X
Then the firing ceased and hostilities were at an end	X
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Then the city of Havana surrendered unconditionally	Y
And terms were settled and the harbour forts and city	Y
With a district of one hundred miles to the westward	Z
And loads of gold and silver were the British troops' reward	A2
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And all other valuable property was brought to London	B
The spoils that the British Army had won	B
And it was conveyed in grand procession to the Tower of London	B
And the Londoners applauded the British for the honours they had won	B

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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