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2.
Perhaps my friends you'd wish to know
How large the force that struck the blow,
And taught the vain and vaunting foe,
To fly from proud Cornelis.
We were not quite a thousand men,
Who caught the lion in his den
Who forward rush'd at Bay'net length,
And quickly proved our sturdy strength.
Chorus. And quickly proved &e. &c. &c.
Against the proud Cornelis.
3.
Ah fain would I each hero name,
Who on this day did stamp his fame
And loudly thus their deeds proclaim
Within the proud Cornelis.
But all inspir'd by Britain's cause
By native valour, freedom's laws,
Dealt forth the deafening din of war,
I ween you'd hear the peal a far.
Chorus. I ween you'd hear &c. &c. &c.
That rang within Cornelis.
4.
Now Rollo crept with silent pace,
And star'd the Sentries in the face,
Who watch'd with care the open space,
Before the proud Cornelis.
Then soon the Yagres were descried,
And to the challenge thus replied,
„You see we're Frenchmen on Patrole"
„You must not then our steps control."
Chorus. You must not &c. &c. &c.
About the proud Cornelis.
5.
And now the hapless Picquet stood,
With rear drawn up to Slokan's flood,
Where soon the waters mix'd with blood,
Proclaim'd their luckless fateSir.
