Sound drums and trumpets, far and near!
And Let all Queen Victoria's subjects loudly cheer!
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Alas! noble Prince Leopold, he is dead!
Who often has his lustre shed:
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Alas! Lord and Lady Dalhousie are dead, and buried at last,
Which causes many people to feel a little downcast;
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Ye sons of Germany, your noble Emperor William now is dead.
Who oft great armies to battle hath led;
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Ye sons of Great Britain, come join with me,
And sing in praise of Sir Garnet Wolseley;
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'TWAS in the month of December, and in the year l883,
That a monster whale came to Dundee,
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Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay!
With your numerous arches and pillars in so grand array
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Success to the Newport Railway,
Along the braes of the Silvery Tay,
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Beautiful new railway bridge of the Silvery Tay,
With your strong brick piers and buttresses in so grand array,
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Alas! Sir John Ogilvy is dead, aged eighty-seven,
But I hope his soul is now in heaven;
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I'm a rattling boy from Dublin town,
I courted a girl called Biddy Brown,
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On the Gilfillan burial day,
In the Hill o' Balgay,
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Ye sons of Great Britain, I think no shame
To write in praise of brave General Graham!
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Ye sons of Mars, come join with me,
And sing in praise of Sir Herbert Stewart's little army,
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Welcome, sweet Christmas, blest be the morn
That Christ our Saviour was born!
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Mr. Smiggs was a gentleman,
And he lived in London town;
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Alas! Beautiful Summer now hath fled,
And the face of Nature doth seem dead,
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As I stood upon the sandy beach
One morn near Pentland Ferry,
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God prosper long our noble Queen,
And long may she reign!
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'Twas in the year of 1869, and on the 19th of November,
Which the people in Southern Germany will long remember,
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Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,
Thou seemest most charming to my sight;
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Beautiful Sun! with thy golden rays,
To God, the wise Creator, be all praise;
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As the night was beginning to close in one rough September day
In the year of 1838, a steamer passed through the Fairway
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Success to James Scrymgeour,
He's a very good man,
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Sir Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn
Beat the English in every wheel and turn,
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Beautiful city of Edinburgh!
Where the tourist can drown his sorrow
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Beautiful city of Glasgow, with your streets so neat and clean,
Your stateley mansions, and beautiful Green!
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Oh! beautiful Oban with your lovely bay,
Your surroundings are magnificent on a fine summer-day;
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'Twas on the 9th of September, a very beautiful day,
That a numerous English army came in grand array,
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Greenland's icy mountains are fascinating and grand,
And wondrously created by the Almighty's command;
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