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'Twas in the year of and on the th of September	A
That the Sepoy rebels at Delhi were forced to surrender	A
The attack was first to be made by Brigadier Nicholson	B
And he was ordered to attack the Cashmere Bastion	B
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The British were entirely in command	C
Of Major General Reid assisted by Brigadier Generals Wilson and Burnand	C
After a long march fighting through a hostile country	D
And the brave heroes took up a position before the city	D
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Delhi gates were encircled with a fringe of fire	A
But the British resolved to die rather than retire	E
And the brave fellows rushed towards the gate	C
Carrying the powder bags that were to seal the Sepoys' fate	C
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Here their progress was checked for the drawbridge was destroyed	C
But the British felt very little annoyed	C
Because a few planks were across the chasm thrown	F
Then a match was applied to the powder bags and into atoms the gate was blown	F
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Then the rebel artillerymen with terror fled	C
For the streets were strewn by the Sepoy dead	C
Then the British charged them without fear	G
Shouting On boys on for our Queen and Country dear	G
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Then Lieutenant Home gave orders to advance	H
And charge them with your bayonets it is our only chance	H
And with a ringing British cheer they charged them fearlessly	I
And they drove the enemy before them through the streets of the city	D
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Then the young bugler blew a blast loud and clear	G
Which was answered by a British ringing cheer	G
But General Nicholson was killed which was a great loss	J
And afterwards the bugler was decorated with the Victoria Cross	J
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General Jones formed a junction with Colonel Campbell's Regiment	C
And to enter by the Cashmere Gate they were bent	C
And they advanced through the streets without delay	I
And swept all before them through the gate without dismay	I
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The streets were filled with mutineers who fought savagely	D
Determined to fight to the last and die heroically	D
While the alarm drums did beat and the cannons did roar	K
And the dead and the dying lay weltering in their gore	K
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And the rebels fought for King Timour like tigers in a cage	L
He was a very old man more than ninety years of age	L
And their shouts and yells were fearful to hear	M
While the shrill sound of the bugle smote on the ear	M
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The British dash at Delhi will never be forgot	C
For the chief instigators of the mutiny were shot	C
And their bodies in the Mayor's Court were hung	N
And as the people gazed thereon their hearts with anguish were wrung	N
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And that evening General Wilson drank the health of the Queen	O
Also his officers hailed her Empress of India which enhanced the scene	O
While the assembled thousands shouted God save the Queen	O
Oh it was a most beautiful scene	O
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Delhi was a glorious prize for the city was full of jewels and gold	C
Besides a hundred pieces of cannon be it told	C
But dearly was the victory gained	C
But in the book of fame the British are famed	C
Oh it was a glorious and heroic victory	D
And will be handed down to posterity	D

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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