Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-11-30
POETRY.
llron. the Engsfon Royal Gazette. SEP
fender 10.

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FENDER 10.
The Following tlroll ballad was written
some time since ty one OF the most dis
tirgrished poets of the age, but has enIy'
lately made its appearance in a few of the
most respectable London papers.
THE MARCH TO MOSCOW.
AesArARrE he would set out,
For q snnmer excursion to Moscow;
The Selds were green and the sky was blue,
Morbleu Parbeu
What pleasant excursion to Moscow
Four hundred thousand men and more,
Hi;gh no, for Moscow s
i'tser- sc Marshals BY dozens and Dukes by
the. ,oor,
Princes few, and Kings one or two,
While the fields are 80 green and the sky SO
blue, 81
Morbleu! ParbIeu
What q pleasant excursion to Moscow o
There was Jonot and Augereau,
Heigh no, for Moscow
Dombrowsky and Poniatowsky,
General Rapp and the Emperor Nap,
Nothing would do,
While the fields were so green and the sky so
blue,
NlOrDieu. k-ArDteu !
But they must be marching to Moscow,
But then the Russians they turn'd 20,
Al! on the road TO Moscow,
Nap had to fight his way all thro'
They could fight but they could not parley
vous,
But the fields were green and the sky was blue,
Aiorbleu rarbleu!
And so he got to Moscow.
They made the place too hot for him,
For they set fire to Moscow +
To got there had cost him much ado,
And then no better course he knew,
While the fields were s.cen and the sky was
blue,
Morbleu! Parbleu.
Than to. march back again from Moscow,
The Russians they stuck close to him,
All on the road from Moscow
There was Torn zow and Jenalow,
And all the others that end inou
Rojefsky and Noverefsky,
And all the others that end in ejsky;
Schamscheh, Sopchosanef, and Schepelef,
And all the others that end in eff
Wasiltschikof. Kostomarotf, Tchogolokof,
And all the others that end in off;
Miiaradovitch, and Jalsdovifch, and Karateh-
kowitck,
Aad all the others that end in itch !.
0seharotsky, and Rostoffsky, and Kazatich.
koffsky,
And the others that end in o6sky /;
And last of all an Admiral came,
terrible man with terrible name
A name which you all must know very we'll,
Nohad, can speak and nobody can spell;
Ard Platoa he play'd them OF,
And Markof he mark'd them of,
and TpcthkoR he touch'd them of,
And Kutusof he cut them off,
And Woronzoff he worried them off,
Aud Doctoroff he doctor'd them OFF,
And Rodinof he 1ogg'd them off,
Tsey stuck close 10 them with all their might,
They were on the left and on the right,
behind and before, and by day and by night !:
Nap would rather pariez vops than fight,
Dutparlez yous would no more do,
Mor5,eu Psrbleu!
For they Remembered Moscow
And then came on the frost and snow,
All on the ros,i from Moscow
The Emperor Nap found as he went
And worse and worse the weather grew,
The fields were so white and the sky so blue,
Msrbieu Ventrebeu!
What terrible journey from Moscow!
The Devil take the hindmost,
All on the road from Moscow
Quoth Nap. who thought it small delight,
To fight all day and freeze all night
And so not knowing what else to do,
When the fields we're so white and the sky SO
blue,
Morbleu! Parbleu!
He stole away, tell you true,
All on the way from Moscow.
. Twas az much too cold upon the road,
Asst was too hot at Moscow:
But there IS e place which lie must so to,
Where the fire. ia red and the brimstone blue,
Morbleu Parbleu!
He'll find it hotter than Moscow.