War Like Lads Of Russia

1. When Napoleon Bonaparte

to Moscow he went

with all his troops and all his men

their minds were fully bent

to take the Russian country

they were fully employed

but the Russians fought against them

and they soon did them destroy.

2. Well in a little while

the Russians did attack

'gainst Bonaparte and all his men

they fought them and they drove them back

the action being so hot

right and left and front and rear

a damn you all says Bonaparte

I'll stay no longer here.

R: Those war like lads of Russia they fought all in one mind

made Bonaparte to run and leave his troops behind

those war like lads of Russia they fought all in one mind

made Bonaparte to run and leave his troops behind.

3. Away then went poor Bonaparte

as fast as he could run

the poor Frenchmen looked after him

left horses men and guns

his boxes and his matches

ammunition wagons too

he left them all behind him well

what could poor Boney do?

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4. Away then went poor Bonaparte

as fast as he could ride

the poor Frenchmen looked after him

saying oh it's very hard

to think he'd lead us all up here

and leave us to our fate

you'd think he'd stop along with us

and help us in our state.

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5. Here's eighty thousand men from 'em

they've killed and they have taken

likewise ten thousand horses

and two hundred bits of cannon

never more to Leon Paris

or French Flanders they're advanced

for if I do I may be sure

they'll teach me how to dance.

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6. Now it's to conclude and thus

to finish off me song

old Boney's men and Russia wish

they had a hold of him

the cruellest death they'd put him to

that ever a man befell

oh damn you all says Bonaparte

I'm clear of you all.

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