“Newfoundland and Sebastopol”
Description
"Success to France and England! Hurray my boys hurray! Sebastopol is taken And we've nobly gained the day" on September 8, 1855. The battles are recounted. "Here's to the memory of our soldiers ... of that dreadful battle Of September, fifty-five"
Notes
Greenleaf/Mansfield['s version] has no mention of "Newfoundland" in the text. - BS
Historical references
- Sep 9, 1855 - Fall of Sevastopol following an 11 month siege
Cross references
- cf. "Sebastopol (Old England's Gained the Day; Capture and Destruction of Sebastopol; Cheer, Boys, Cheer)" (subject, theme)
References
- Greenleaf/Mansfield 152, "Newfoundland and Sebastopol" (1 text)
- Roud #17747
- BI, GrMa152