All three stanzas appear with music in Helen Hendrik Johnson et. all, "The World's Best Music" (1899), II, pp. 569-571.

A lengthy note observes:

"Henry S. Washburn, who wrote the words of this song, is a native of Plymouth, Mass. He was educated at Brown University, and went into business in Worcester, and afterwards at [sic] East Boston, as a manufacturer of wire. He has been a member of the Massachusetts Senate, and now resides in Boston.

"Lyman Heath, composer of the music, was born in Bow, New Hampshire, August 24, 1804, and was a noted vocalist and composer. He died in Nashua, which had been his home for thirty-five years, June 30, 1870."

Further research reveals that the lyrics appeared anonymously, under the title "Napoleon," in the Philadelphia "Daily Pennsylvanian" in November, 1837.

Napoleon died in exile in 1821.