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 §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ A NEW SONG

On the Death of General Abercrombie. F many great generals, Britannia she can boast ; And many too, if it be true, For her their lives have lost ; Amongst them, Abercrombie, He may be ranked now, Who lost his life in Egypt, While, fighting with Menou.

It’s of this bloody battle, I have these few lines wrote, To shew how he that morning Receiv’d his fatal stroke, Which in a few days after, Made him his life resign ; And now we hope in glory, He will for ever shine.

On the twenty-first of March, Eighteen hundred and one, As we were standing by our arms, Before day-light came on ;