Warlike Lads of Russia

[Verse 1]
When Napoleon Bonaparte
To Moscow he went
With all his troops and all his men
Their minds were fully bent
To take the Russian country
They were fully employed
But the Russians fought against them
And then soon did them destroy

[Chorus]
Those warlike lads of Russia
They fought all in one mind
Made Bonaparte to run
And leave his troops behind

[Verse 2]
In a little while
The Russians did attack
Against Bonaparte and all his men
They fought and drove him back
The action being so hot at right
And left and front and rear
"Oh, damn you all," says Bonaparte
"I'll stay no longer here."

[Chorus]
Those warlike lads of Russia
They fought all in one mind
Made Bonaparte to run
And leave his troops behind

[Verse 3]
Away then went poor Bonaparte
As fast as he could run
The poor Frenchmen looked on after him
Left horses, men, and guns
His boxes and his matches
Ammunition waggons too
He left them all behind him
Well, what could poor Boney do

[Chorus]
Those warlike lads of Russia
They fought all in one mind
Made Bonaparte to run
And leave his troops behind

[Verse 4]
Away then went poor Bonaparte
As fast as he could ride
The poor Frenchmen looked on after him
Saying, "Oh, it's very hard
To think you'd lead us all up here
And leave us to our fate
You'd think he'd stop along with us
And help us in our state,"

[Chorus]
Those warlike lads of Russia
They fought all in one mind
Made Bonaparte to run
And leave his troops behind

[Verse 5]
Here's 80,000 men from them
They've killed and they have taken
Likewise 10,000 horses
And 200 bits of cannon
Never more to Leon, Paris
Or French Flanders their advance
For if I do, I'm sure that they
Will teach me how to dance

[Chorus]
Those warlike lads of Russia
They fought all in one mind
Made Bonaparte to run
And leave his troops behind

[Verse 6]
Now it's to conclude
And thus to finish off my song
Old Boney's men in Russia
Wish they had a hold of him
The cruelest death they'd put him to
That e'er a man befell
"Oh, damn you," says Bonaparte
"Damn you all to hell."

[Chorus]
Those warlike lads of Russia
They fought all in one mind
Made Bonaparte to run
And leave his troops behind
Those warlike lads of Russia
They fought all in one mind
Made Bonaparte to run
And leave his troops behind
Those warlike lads of Russia
They fought all in one mind
Made Bonaparte to run
And leave his troops behind