Plains of Waterloo (IX)

DESCRIPTION: "The ancient sons of glory" were great but fame will proclaim those who fought at Waterloo. The English commanders, killed and wounded, are named. Napoleon runs to Paris to have his son crowned
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1825 (broadside, Bodleian Harding B 28(76))
KEYWORDS: war soldier death Napoleon battle
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Jun 18, 1815 - Battle of Waterloo
FOUND IN: Britain(England(North)) Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Kidson-TraditionalTunes, pp. 121-123, "The Plains of Waterloo" (1 text, 1 tune)
Palmer-SongsOfTheMidlands, p. 90, "The Battle of Waterloo" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #30109
RECORDINGS:
Pat Critch, "Waterloo" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 28(76), "The Plains of Waterloo" ("The ancient sons of glory were all great men, they say"), W. Armstrong (Liverpoo), 1820-1824; also Harding B 15(239b), Firth c.14(27), Harding B 11(3017), Harding B 11(3018), "[The] Plains of Waterloo"; Harding B 30(24), "The Battle of Waterloo"
NOTES [79 words]: Telling the various Plains of Waterloo songs apart is difficult, because they so often start with a statement that it was "On the eighteenth day of June"; it's what follows that differentiates the song. I won't guarantee that every version of these songs is properly filed. The broadside texts of this start with the reference to "The ancient sons of glory," but this was forgotten in the short version in Palmer-SongsOfTheMidlands; it has an "eighteenth day" opening. - RBW
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