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Title
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Duke of Marlborough
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Singer
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Sawyer, David [Phoebus]
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
You generals all and champions bold
That takes delight in fields,
That knock down palaces and castle walls,
And soon to Death must yield;
I am an Englishman by birth,
Marlborough is my name,
In Devonshire I first drew my breath,
That place of noble fame.
Verse 2
I was well loved of all my men,
By kings and princes likewise,
And in every town that we rode through
We did the world surprise;
King Charles the Second then I did serve,
For to face our foes in France,
All in the Battle of Ramillies
Most bravely I did advance.
Verse 3
'Twas that very day my horse was shot,
And by a musket ball,
And as I was rising up again
My Aide de Camp did fall,
The sun went down, the earth did shake,
So loudly I did cry,
'Fight on, fight on, for old England's sake,
We'll conquer or we'll die.'
Verse 4
Now on this bed, infirm and old,
I am resigned to die,
You generals all and champions bold,
Stand true, as well as I.
Let every man be true to his guns,
And fight with courage so bold,
For I led my men through fire and smoke
And never was bribed with gold.
