Capture & Destruction of Sebastopol.

                Tune—"Cheer, Boys, Cheer!"

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CHEER lads, cheer ! the enemy is quaking,
Cheer boys, cheer, our foes we did defeat,
Cheer lads, cheer, Sebastopol is taken,
Cheer boys, cheer, see the Russians now are beat
On the nin h day of September, the allied guns
did rattle,
We ever shall remember that great & glorious day
When valorous & courageous on the field of battle
They fought the boasting Russians, and made
them run away.
Cheer lads, &c.

Brave Pellisier and Simpson courageous and
undaunted,                            (boldly cry,
Unto the French and English lads did there so
Come drive the foe before ye,come on to death or
glory,                                      (we'll die ;
This day we'll gain the victory, or on the field
Like lions then they went to work ,their cannons
loud did rattle,
All in the midst of fire and smoke how their great
guns did roll,
At length the walls was shaken, and the fortress
it was taken,
And the flags of France and England waved on
Sebastopol.

To gain a glorious victory the allies did desire,
And in the field of battle so gloriously did fight,
Their shipping and their magazines the quickly
set on fire,
And the town they set a blazing, how grand
appear'd the signt ,
The Turks and the Sardinians, with gallant
France and England,
Did boldly fight for glory,& march to fife & drum
The Russians sunk their shlpping, and alas they
did not fancy
The French and English powder, and the taste
of Britain's bombs,

When the Russian Emperor heard the news, he
groaned and trembled in his shoes,
And said unto his ministers alas what shall we do
Prince Gortchikoff is sleeping, and Menschik off
is weeping,                             (the blues
Alexander's got the shivers,& poor Constantine
They find they are mistaken, their Sebastopol is
taken,
That they would be conquer'd the foe had no idea
Let Europe all together tug, and rob them of St.
Petersburgh,                    (whole Crimea.
We soon will have Baltic now we've got the

When the tidings reached Napoleon, he did re-
joice with heart and voice,            (been,
And said with gallant England united we have
The Frenchmen gallantly did stand, and bless'd
the heroes of their land, (cious Queen ;
And shouted, vive Napoleon, and Britain's gra-
United now with hand and heart, is England's
Queen and Bonaparte, (happy be,
Long may they live in harmony, in peace, and
Their guns together loud did roll, they fought and
took Sebastopol,
Our soldiers fought like lions & gain'd a victory.

RIAL and Co., Printers, 2 & 3, Monmoutn Court, 7 Dials.