Where did he steal that fowl he has a-roasting on his fire He looks a ***** scoundrel, a godless ****, a liar I've heard that they’re all rapists every woman’s dread And when they've finished with ‘em they leave their victims dead I've heard that they eat babies and broil them on a spit ‘Tis known in other the villages and that’s the truth of it
Thus whispered fearful peasants behind the soldiers pack Should he leave them to the enemy they’d **** soon want him back Hold your peace cried the village priest at his Sunday sermon He’s come to fight the tyrant with the Dutchman and the German They pay in gold for the food they take not plunder us like the French And they’d hang them from the gallows should they **** any *****
And when it comes to fighting there’s none better, braver, bolder Be he uncouth and foul of mouth God bless the British soldier Be grateful that he’s come good folk be on your knees and pray For we all will need god’s mercy on this June’s eighteenth day For he’s fighting for our freedom for the sake of me and you And many will be falling soon near our village Waterloo
Written to commemorate the200th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo which saw the final defeat of the self proclaimed emperor Napoleon Bonaparte on Sunday the 18th June 1815