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Bonny Bunch Of Roses

June Tabor
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By  the margin of the ocean,
One  pleasant evening in the month of June,
When  all those feathered songsters
Their  pleasant notes did sweetly tune,
 'Twas there  I spied a female
 Who seemed  to be in grief or woe,
 Conversing  with young Bonaparte
 Concerning  the Bonnie Bunch of Roses-O.
 Then up spake young Napoleon
 And took his mother by the hand,
 Saying, "Mother dear, be patient
 Until I'm able to take command.
 I'll build a mighty army
 And through tremendous danger go.
 And I never will return again
 Till I've conquered the Bonnie Bunch of Roses-O.
 "When first you saw great Bonaparte,
 You knelt upon your bended knee
 And asked your father's life of him
 And he granted it most mournfully.
 'Twas then he took his army
 And o'er the frozen Alps did go;
 Saying, "I never will return again
 Until I've conquered the Bonnie Bunch of Roses-O.
 "He took ten hundred thousand men
 And kings likewise for to bear his train.
 He was so well provided for
 That he could sweep the world for gain.
 But when he came to Moscow
 He was o'erpowered by sleet and snow
 And with Moscow all a-blazing,
 He lost the Bonnie Bunch of Roses-O."
 "O, son, be not too venturesome,
 For England has a heart of oak,
 And England, Ireland, and Scotland,
 Their unity has never been broke.
 Remember your dear father;
 In Saint Helena his body it lies low,
 And if ever you follow after,
 Beware of the Bonnie Bunch of Roses-O."
 "O mother, dearest mother,
 Now I lie on my dying bed.
 If I lived I might have been clever,
 But now I rest my youthful head.
 And when our bones lie mouldering
 And weeping willows o'er us do grow,
 The deeds of brave Napoleon
 Shall conquer the Bonnie Bunch of Roses-O."

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Readable chord sheet for Bonny Bunch Of Roses by June Tabor

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[Em]By the margin of the ocean,
[Em]One pleasant evening in the month of June,
[Em]When all those feathered songsters
[Em]Their pleasant notes did sweetly tune,
'Twas [G]there I spied a [Am]female
Who se[C]emed to be in grief or wo[Em]e,
Conver[G]sing with young [Am]Bonaparte
Concer[C]ning the Bonnie Bunch of R[Em]oses-O.

Then up spake young Napoleon
And took his mother by the hand,
Saying, "Mother dear, be patient
Until I'm able to take command.
I'll build a mighty army
And through tremendous danger go.
And I never will return again
Till I've conquered the Bonnie Bunch of Roses-O.

"When first you saw great Bonaparte,
You knelt upon your bended knee
And asked your father's life of him
And he granted it most mournfully.
'Twas then he took his army
And o'er the frozen Alps did go;
Saying, "I never will return again
Until I've conquered the Bonnie Bunch of Roses-O.

"He took ten hundred thousand men
And kings likewise for to bear his train.
He was so well provided for
That he could sweep the world for gain.
But when he came to Moscow
He was o'erpowered by sleet and snow
And with Moscow all a-blazing,
He lost the Bonnie Bunch of Roses-O."

"O, son, be not too venturesome,
For England has a heart of oak,
And England, Ireland, and Scotland,
Their unity has never been broke.
Remember your dear father;
In Saint Helena his body it lies low,
And if ever you follow after,
Beware of the Bonnie Bunch of Roses-O."

"O mother, dearest mother,
Now I lie on my dying bed.
If I lived I might have been clever,
But now I rest my youthful head.
And when our bones lie mouldering
And weeping willows o'er us do grow,
The deeds of brave Napoleon
Shall conquer the Bonnie Bunch of Roses-O."

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