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When Canons are Roaring

Soldiers with swords in hand, to the walls coming,
Horsemen about the streets, riding and running,
Sentinels on the walls, "Arm, arm" a-crying,
Petards against the ports; wild fire a-flying.

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When cannons are roaring,
And bullets are flying,
He that would honour win,
Must not fear dying

Trumpets on turrets high, they are a-sounding,
Drums beating out aloud, echoes resounding,
Alarm bells in each place, they are a-ringing,
Women with stones in laps to the walls bringing.

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Captains in open fields, on their foes rushing,
Gentlemen second them with their pikes pushing.
Engineers in the trench, earth, earth uprearing,
Gunpowder in the mines, pagans upblowing.

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Portcullis in the ports, they are downletting,
Burghers come flocking by, to their hands setting,
Ladders against the walls, they are uprearing,
Women, great timber logs to the walls bearing.

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