The Lancashire Heros

Lancashire Heros.

My father is a squire and I am his heir,
ANd I fell in love with his footman so fair,
They sent him to sea where the waters roll along,
The Lancashire heros play Britons strike home.

Then I was resolv’d to follow my dear,
Straightway I did go and list for a volunteer.
We soon went to sea where the waves roll along,
The Lancashire Hero’s &c.

The ship that we sail’d in was call’d the Neptune,
We landed at Spithead the 14th of June,
Not a finer ship on the sea sal’d along,
The Lancashire Hero’s &c.

Our ship she set sail with nine hundred men.
And out of that number five hundred got slain.
Like lions we fought, while the blood down did run,
The Lancashire Hero’s &c.

There came a large bullet right over our main,
Which took off her left breast, so great was her pain
Resolved to conquer she fir’d a gun,
The Lancashire Heros &c.

Our captain was kill’d, and lieutenant likewise,
And so was my sweetheart to my great surprise,
But I never seem’d afraid but fi’d off my gun,
The Lancashire Heros &c.

From Broadside to broadside we fir’d away.
Those French beaten cowards from us drove away,
But now I’m got cured to Old England I come,
The Lancashire Heros &c.

Come all you young virgins attend to my song,
See how boldly I ventur’d my life for a man,
I took up arms and a soldier did become,
the Lancashire Heros &c.

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