Lyr Req: Red is the blood of Wellington's army?

Subject: Lyr Req: Wellingtons army
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 09 Dec 04 - 07:49 AM

No idea of era, but I remember hearing Martin Carthy singing some of it on the BBC.

I remember:
" Red is the blood of Wellington army, shed in the course of many campaigns"

Other British Generals, battles etc in there as well, I think, but can't recall details.

DT and google have both drawn blanks. Any help would be good.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Red is the blood
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 10 Dec 04 - 09:10 AM

HISTORY LESSON, by Leon Rosselson, contains the line "Red the lines of Wellington's army." It has already been posted here.

Information from Reinhard Zierke's English Folk Music Website (which is a great source for Carthy's lyrics):

Sung by the Three City Four (Martin Carthy, Leon Rosselson, Ralph Trainer and Marion MacKenzie) in 1965 on their album "Three City Four." This track was re-released in 2001 on the anthology "The Carthy Chronicles." Leon Rosselson recorded this song himself on his albums "Palaces of Gold" (1975) and "Perspectives" (1997).