X:147
T:RVW2/2/147 The Battle of Waterloo
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/2/147
C:Mr Leary, Salisbury, Wiltshire, September 1904
Z:Transcribed by Lewis Jones and Simon Furey.
L:1/4
Q: "(Editorial suggestion)" 1/4=110
M:3/4
K:G
D | G B B | A d B | G F G | A F E/2D/2 | D E C |
w: The trum-pets are soun-ding the sig-nal for bat-tle; to the fair ones of
B, D G/2A/2 | B E F | G2 D | G B B | A d B |
w: Bris-tol we_ all bid a-dieu and hied to the spot where the
G F G | A F E/2D/2 | D E C | B, D D | G3/2 A/2 B |
w: loud can-nons rat-tle to com-mence the hard con-test, (com-mence the hard
B A B | c3/2 d/2 e | d B G | A E F | HG2 |]
w: con-test, com-mence the hard con-test) of famed Wa-ter-loo.
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%%text Editorial note: The lyrics in parentheses are a restoration by Roy Palmer
%%text (see "Folk Songs Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams", ed. Roy Palmer, p.46).
%%text The original MS has a series of dashes where the inserted words lie.