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ome all you bold Britons that's pratting at home,

And I’ll tell you how the ſiege of Belliſle went on,

On the eight day of April we attempted to land,

But we were drove back as you ſhall underſtand.

For the French came down boys ſo thick on the ſand.

Our grenadiers climb’d the rocks that were high,

In thinking to make theſe proud Monſieurs to fly,

But they were ſo numerous no good could be done,

For the French they came down like motea in the ſun,

But ſtill Britiſh Heroes refuſed to run.

We retir’d to our ſhipping and reſted a while,

Till the twenty-ſecond, kind Fortune did ſmile,

Our ſhipping did cover us while we did land,

Which made it ſo hot Monſieur could not ſtand,

For ſtill we kept firing for to clear the land.

Then we march’d up the iſland & they all fled away,

We ſaw nothing of them until the next day,

At the end of their town they formed two lines,

For to draw on our army and then ſpring their mines,

But Providence prevented their evil deſigns.

Then we pitched our camp in the iſland ſecure,

To make breaſt works & batt’ries we ſtraight did prepare,

At breaſt works & batt’ries we work'd night and day,

Their ſhot and their ſhells upon us did play,

But ſtill Britiſh Heroes did never diſmay.

The Governor of the caſtle refuſed to yield,

While we and our officers lay in the field;

Six weeks and three days in that ſtation we lay,

Their ſhot and their ſhells upon us did play,

And many bold Britiſh corps there did ly.

Our royal artillery acted their part,

Againſt their ſtrong walls they play’d away ſmart,