Further to GerryM Date: 03 Aug 21 - 08:49 AM THE HEIGHTS OF ALMA

'Twas on September the eighteenth day In spite of dashing salt sea spray,
We landed safe in the Crimea Upon our route for Alma.

20 September; On this day in 1854, the Battle of Alma was fought by the British, French and Ottoman forces against the Russians in the Crimean war, and produced six winners of the Victoria Cross.

THE BATTLE OF ALMA [Roud 1221; Ballad Index DalC216; trad.] This song from the repertoire of the Copper Family is printed in The Copper Family Song Book. Bob and John Copper sang The Battle of Alma in 1971 on their Leader box set A Song for Every Season. John Copper and Jon Dudley recorded it in 1987 for the Copper Family’s EFDSS LP Coppersongs: A Living Tradition.

A jolly young soldier a letter did write To his own dearest jewel, his joy and heart’s delight,
To tell her of the dangers that he had entered in At the Battle of Alma where thousands were slain.

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Link To Post above by GerryM , THE HEIGHTS OF ALMA

The Battle of Alma, Lyrics, from Mainly Norfolk     https://mainlynorfolk.info/copperfamily/songs/thebattleofalma.html
The Battle of Alma from 01:46:39 on YouTube recording of A Song for Every Season by the Copper Family    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcV1N4i4PEk&t=6438s