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THE BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES, by                    
First Line: "by the margin of the ocean, one morning in the month of june"
Last Line: The deeds of old napoleon we sing the bonny bunch of roses o
Subject(s): Napoleon I (1769-1821);nova Scotia


By the margin of the ocean, one morning in the month of June,
The feathered warbling songsters their charming notes did sweetly sing,
I there espied a female who seemed to be in grief and woe
Discoursing with young Bonaparte concerning the Bonny Bunch of Roses O.
Then up steps young Napoleon and takes his mother by the hand,
Saying: "Mother dear, have patience until I'm able to take command;
And I will raise a terrible army, and through termenjous dangers go,
And, in spite of all the universe, I will conquer the Bonny Bunch of Roses O.'
"When first you saw great Bonaparte, you fell upon your bended knee,
And you asked your father's life of him, which he granted most princelee.
And 'twas then he took an army and over the frozen alps did go,
And said: "I'll first conquer Moscow, and return to the Bonny Bunch of Roses O.
"He took three hundred thousand men with kings likewise to bear his train,
He was so well provided for that he could sweep the world for gain;
But when he came to Moscow, he was overpowered by the Russian snow,
And Moscow was a-blazing when he lost his Bonny Bunch of Roses O.'
"Now, son, don't speak so venturesome, for in England are the hearts of oak,
There's England, Ireland and Scotland whose unity was never broke;
Now, son, think on your father; on the Isle of St Helena his body lies low,
And you may follow after him, so beware of the Bonny Bunch of Roses O.'
"O mother, adieu for ever, now I am on my dying bed,
If I had lived I would have been clever, but now I droop my youthful head;
But whilst our bones lie mouldering, and weeping willows o'er us grow,
The deeds of old Napoleon will sing the Bonny Bunch of Roses O.'






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