Wolfgang;

Yes it would appear a variation of the same. Your last verse reads like this in my version:

When Caledone took up her drone and loud her chanters blew
To marshal Ney a new Strathspey to the tune of Waterloo
The tune it was not half played out when the French had cried their fill
Ten thousand of their warriors all on the field lay still.

Ten thousand prisoners we took with Impereagles too
The British Victory was proclaimed on the plains of Waterloo.

The last two lines are written separately so may be the chorus referred to. Caledone would seem to refer to the Highlanders, Caledonians. However, it seems your version is close. What are the references for it in the text you have?

I am trying to document songs sung in the BC Gold Rush and this and the British Grenadiers are the only "traditional" songs I have found, so it may be of some significance.

Richard