Song Lyrics Fairport Convention - Lord Marlborough    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> F>> Fairport Convention Singer Lyrics [Fairport Convention other resources]>> Lord Marlborough Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Fairport Convention Music Title/Track: Lord Marlborough Theme ID: 2087 Album: N/A You generals all and champions bold that takes delight in fields That knocks down churches and castle walls but now to death must yield We must go and face our daring foes and with a sword and shield I often fought with my merry men but now to death must yield I am an Englishman by birth, Lord Marlborough is my name And I was brought up in London town, a place of noted fame I was ?beside? by all my men, kings and princes likewise And then all the towns we took to all the world's surprise King Charles the Second I did serve to face our foes in France And at the battle of . . . we boldly did advance The sun was down, the earth did quake, so loudly did he cry "Fight on, my boys, for old England's sake, we'll conquer or we'll die" But now we gain for victory and bravely kept the field We took great numbers of prisoners and forced them all to yield That very day my horse got shot, 'twas by a musket ball And as I mounted up again, my aide-de-camp did fall Now I on a bed of sickness lie, I am resigned to die You generals all and champions bold stand true as well as I "Stand true my lads and ?bright? no man but fight with courage bold" I led my men through smoke and fire but never ?slight? with gold Related Lyrics Random lyrics: One Sure Thing, Over The Next Hill, Part I, Part Ii, Part Iv, Part Iv The Sailors Alphabet, Part Ix, Part V, Part V John Lee, Part Vi, Part Vi Breakfast In Mayfair, Part Vii, Part Viii, Part X, Part Xi, Part Xi The Hanging Song, Percys Song, Pleasure and Pain, Polly on the Shore, Possibly Parsons Green, Restless, Reynard The Fox, Reynardine, Rising for the Moon, Rolling Minstrels, She Moves Through the Fair, Si Tu Dois Partir, Sickness & Diseases, Sir Patrick Spens, Sir William Gower, Sloth, Stranger to Himself, Sun Shade, Tale in Hard Time, Tam Lin, The Bonny Black Hare, The Deserter, The Hexhamshire Lass, The Journeymans Grace, The Journeymans Grace, The Lobster, The Summer Before The War, The Widow Of Westmorlands Daughter, Three Drunken Maidens, Time Will Show the Wiser, To Althea from Prison, Walk Awhile, What Is True?, White Dress, Who Knows Where the Time Goes, Other Fairport Convention song Lyrics A Sailors Life Lyrics After Halloween Lyrics Angel Delight Lyrics Autopsy Lyrics The Banks Of Sweet Primroses Lyrics Big William Lyrics Book Song Lyrics Bring em Down Lyrics Bring Em Down Lyrics Cajun Woman Lyrics Chelsea Morning Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Fairweather Lyrics Fairyland Lyrics Fairytale Lyrics Faith Lyrics Faith And The Muse Lyrics Faith Blind Lyrics Faith Evans Lyrics Faith Evans F/ 112 Lyrics Faith Evans F/ Carl Thomas Lyrics Faith Evans F/ Mary J. Blige, LaTonya Blige, Gordon Chambers Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy