Volume: CBÉ 0190
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0190, Page 176
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- The Captains Rhyme.
Here I am the Captains bold
I lead no rebel throng
But a chosen band of heroes grand
To Baldwinstown we belong.
With mirth and forth we do resort
And for diversion play
And with our skill great nations fill
With terror and dismay.
I hope you will good order keep and
Strict attention pay
And listen to our heroes
And what they've got to say.
The first is our great king George
May fortune on him smile
The next he is St. Patrick
The patron of our Isle.
The third Napoleon Bonaparte
The conqueror of renown
Close followed by Lord Wellington
Who swears he'll pull him down.
The next is the emperor of Russia
That monarch(continues on next page)
