June Tabor, Oysterband - Bonny Bunch Of Roses lyrics

By the margin of the ocean one pleasant
Morning in the month of June
The charming singing blackbird his cheerful
Notes did sweetly tune
It was there I spied a woman
All overpowered by grief and woe
Conversing with young Bonaparte
Concerning the bonny Bunch of Roses o
Then up spoke young Napoleon as he
Took hold of his mother’s hand
Saying Mother dear, be patient
For soon it’s I will take command
I will raise a terrible army
And through tremendous dangers go
And in spite of all the universe
I’ll conquer the Bonny Bunch of Roses o
When first you saw great Bonaparte you
Fell down on your bended knee
You begged your father’s life of him
And he granted it right manfully
And then he took an army and
O’er the frozen Alps did go
He said I’ll conquer Moscow and come back
For the Bonny Bunch of Roses o
He took five hundred thousand men and
Kings likewise to join his throng
He was so well provided for
Enough to sweep the world along
But when he came to Moscow
He was overpowered by driving snow
And Moscow was a-blazing and he lost
The Bonny Bunch of Roses o
So son don’t speak so venturesome for England
She has a heart of oak
And England, Ireland, Scotland
Their unity has never been broke
And now think on your father
In St Helena his body lies low
And you may follow after
So beware of the Bonny Bunch of Roses o