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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0310, Page 143

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    By the dangers of the ocean one morning in the month of June
    The feathered warbling songsters their charming notes did sweetly tune
    There I espied a female and she seemed to be in grief and woe
    Conversing with young Buonaparte concerning the
    Bonny bunch of Roses O
    Then up stepped young Napoleon and he takes his mother by the hand
    Saying "Mother dear have patience until I am able to command
    I'll raise a terrible army and through the frozen Alps I'll go
    And in spite of all the Universe I'll gain the
    Bonny bunch of Roses O"
    He took three hundred thousand men, likewise some kings to join his throng
    They were as well provided, enough to sweep the world along
    But when they came to Moscow, they were overpowered with frost & snow
    Moscow's hills were blazing, and he lost the Bonny bunch of Roses O.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    William Shorten
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Shanagh, Co. Cork