Bonny Bunch of Roses

By the margin of the ocean
One summer day in the month of June
The feathered warbling songsters
Their voices sweetly sang in tune
It was there I met a female
All overcome with grief and woe
Conversing with Napoleon
On the bonny bunch of roses-oh
Then up spoke young Napoleon
And he took her by the hand
Saying mother dear be patient
And I soon will take command
And I'll raise a mighty army
And through tremendous dangers go
And I'll conquer all the universe
And I'll have the bonny bunch of roses, oh
When first you saw great Bonaparte
You fell upon your bended knee
And asked your father's life of him
He granted it most manfully
It was then he took an army
And o'er the frozen Alps did go
Saying I'll conquer Moscow
And come back for the bonny bunch of roses, oh
Oh he took a mighty army
Princes and dukes were in his train
He was so well provided for
Enough to sweep the world for gain
But when he came to Moscow
All overpowered by sleet and snow
And Moscow was a-blazing
He lost the bonny bunch of roses, oh
Now son don't speak so venturesome
For England she has a heart of oak
And England, Ireland, Scotland
Their unity will ne'er been broke
So remember your father
In St.Helena he lies low
And you will follow after
Beware of the bonny bunch of roses, oh
Adieu, adieu, forever
Now I bow my youthful head
Had I lived, I might have been clever
But now I lie on my dying bed
And as the waters do flow
And the weeping willows over me grow
The name of brave Napoleon
Will enshrine the bonny bunch of roses, oh