NAPOLEON'S DREAM One night sad and languid I went to my bed And I scarcely reclined on my pillow When a vision surprising came into my head I thought I was crossing the billow, I thought as my vessel sped over the deep, I beheld that rude rock that grows so craggy and steep Where the willow, the willow is now seen to weep Or the grave of the once famed Napoleon. I thought as my vessel sped near to the land I beheld clad in green his bold figure With the trumpet of fame he had clasped in his hand, On his brow there shone valor and vigor. He said noble stranger you have ventured to me From the land of your fathers who boast they are free If so then a tale I will tell unto thee 'Tis concerning the once famed Napoleon You remember the time so immortal he cried When I crossed o'er the Alps famed in story, When the legions of France whose sons were my pride I marched them to honor and glory On the fields of Marengo I tyranny hurled Where the banners of France first to me were unfurled As a symbol of liberty all over the world And a symbol of fame cried Napoleon. Like a hero I've born both the heat and the cold I've marched to the trumpet and symbol But by the dark deeds of treachery I now have been sold Though monarchs before me have trembled You princes and rulers who my station demean Like scorpions you spit forth all your venom and spleen But Liberty all over the world shall be seen. As I woke from my dream cried Napoleon. From Holdstock & MacLeod's Deepwater Songs recording https://dickholdstock.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/deepwatersongslyrics.pdf We have a version in the Digital Tradition called "the Dream of Napoleon" https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6186
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