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The British GRENADIERS.
SOME talk of Alexander,
and some of Hercules,
Of Hector and Lyſander,
and ſuch great men as theſe;
But all the world acknowledges,
true valour beſt appears,
With a tow, row, row, row row, row,
brave Britiſh Grenadiers.
Theſe ancients of antiquity,
ne'er ſaw a cannon ball;
Nor knew the force of powder,
to ſlay their foes withal:
But braver boys have known it,
and baniſh'd all their fears,
With a tow, row. row, row, row row,
brave British Grenadiers.
When we receive the orders,
to form their paliſadoes;
Our leaders march with fuzces,
and we with hand grenadoes,
We toſs them from the glacis,
amongſt our en'mies ears,
With a tow, row row row, row, row,
brave Britiſh Grenadiers.
