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'Twas near the Begum Kothie the battle began	A
Where innocent blood as plentiful as water ran	A
The Begum Kothie was a place of honour given to the rd	B
Which heroically to a man they soon did begird	B
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And the th Punjaub Rifles were their companions in glory	C
And are worthy of their names enrolled in story	C
Because they performed prodigious wonders in the fight	B
By killing and scattering the Sepoys left and right	B
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The rd Highlanders bivouacked in a garden surrounded by mud walls	D
Determined to capture the Begum Kothie no matter what befalls	D
A place strongly fortified and of enormous strength	E
And protected by strong earthworks of very great length	E
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And added to these obstacles was the most formidable of all	F
A broad deep ditch that ran along the wall	F
Which the storming party not even guessed at before	G
But this barrier the British soon did climb o'er	H
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But early the next morning two batteries of Artillery were pounding away	I
And the fight went on for the whole day	I
And the defenders of the building kept up rattling musketry fire	H
And when night fell the British had to retire	J
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Next day the contest was renewed with better success	K
And the rd in all their beauty forward did press	K
And moved on toward the position without firing a shot	B
And under cover of some ruined buildings they instantly got	B
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And here for a few minutes they kept themselves under cover	H
While each man felt more anxious than another	H
To attack the merciless rebels while it was day	I
Because their blood was up and eager for the fray	I
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Still the enemy kept up a blazing fire at them pell mell	L
But they fired too high and not a man of them fell	L
And the bullets whistled around them again and again	M
Still on went the unwavering Highlanders with might and main	N
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But when they reached the ditch they were taken by surprise	O
By the unexpected obstacle right before their eyes	O
But Captain Middleton leapt into the ditch and showed them the way	I
And immediately the whole of the men were after him without delay	I
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Leith Hay himself was among the first across	P
And gained a footing on the other side without any personal loss	P
And he assisted in helping the rest out of the ditch	Q
While the din of war was at the highest pitch	Q
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'Twas then the struggle commenced in terrible earnest	B
While every man was resolved to do his best	B
And the enemy barricaded every entrance so as a single man could only pass	R
Determined to make a strong resistance and the British to harass	R
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But barrier after barrier soon was passed	B
And the brave men no doubt felt a little harassed	B
But they fought desperately and overturned their foes at every point	B
And put the rebels to flight by shot and bayonet conjoint	B
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The Sheiks and the Horse Guards behaved right well	L
Because beneath their swords by the score the Sepoys fell	L
And their beautiful war steeds did loudly neigh and roar	G
While beneath their hoofs they trampled them all o'er	H
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And as for John McLeod the pipe major of the rd	B
He kept sounding his bagpipes and couldn't be stirred	B
Because he remembered his duty in the turmoil	S
And in the battlefield he was never known to recoil	S
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And as for Major General McBain he was the hero in the fight	B
He fought heroically like a lion with all his might	B
And again and again he was met by desperate odds	T
But he scattered them around him and made them kiss the sods	T
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And he killed eleven of the enemy with sword in hand	B
Which secured for him the proudest of all honours in the land	B
Namely that coveted honour called the Victoria Cross	T
Of which many a deserving hero has known the loss	T
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And as for brave Hodson he was a warrior born	U
And military uniform did his body adorn	U
And his voice could be heard in the battle afar	V
Crying Come on my boys there is nothing like war	G
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But in a moment a volley was discharged at him	W
And he fell mortally wounded while the Sepoys did grin	X
Then the Highlanders closed with their foes and made them retreat	B
And left them not till every rebel lay dead at their feet	B
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Then Sir Colin Campbell to his men did say	T
Men I feel proud that we have captured Lucknow this day	T
Therefore strike up the bagpipes and give one hearty cheer	Y
And enjoy yourselves my heroes while ye are here	Z

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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