The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-21
NJ The following ingenious and amusing
dnncrtntfnn NJ Nanoleon,a march 10 Moacox


NJ The following ingenious and amusing
description OF Napoleon's march to Moscow
and his disastrous retreat therefrom, has nc
doubt IN English origin. Wesaw 1t a fugitive
in the American press twensy-six years ago
and once since. We suppose IL was written
some time shortly after the events II so hu.
morously sketches. Few Of the readers Of thu
day have seen 1t, and we, therefore, re pro-
duce II for their amusement:
Napsleen's March to Moscow.
The Emperor Nap he would set of,
On Summer excursion to Moscow;
The fields were green, and the sky was blue
Morbleu. Parbeu!
What \ pleasant excursion to Moscow.
Four hundred thousand men and more
aMast go with hum 70 Moscow;
And pakes by the score;
While the Geld. were SO green and the sky so b'ue
What a pleasant excursion TO Moscow.
There was Innos and Agsereaan,
General Rapp and Emperor Nap;
While the fields were 50 green and the sky so blue.
Morbleu Psrbleu.
Bns they must be marching to Moscow.
By. the Russians they stoutly turned to
Nap had to he hit his way all through;
They could fight, though they could not par-le
But the fields were green, and the sky was blue.
Morheu. Parbieu.
And SO he got to MOSCOW.
lie found the place too hot for him,
For the. set FIRE to Moscow.
Toset there had cost him much ado,
,,, md then no better course he knew.
While the FIELDS were green and the sky was blue,
Norblcn! PaTb,eu.
But 10 march back again from MOSCOW.
The Russans they stuck close to him
All on the road from Moscow.
There was Iormazow and Jemalow,
And all the rest that end NOW;
MIifaodovitch and Jatodoy.tch,
And Karactehkc~iteh.
And all the rest that end in itch;
Schainschea, Souchosanef.
And all the others that end IN eff,
Was,ftc h koh. kostomasoH.
And Tchog iokof,
And al the others that end in off;
baJetissy, Nayereiisky,
And al H the et o,hsHs tina. end in easky;
Coharotisky and Rostofsky.
And al! the others tn AZ end in ofsky;
And Platof he play ed them off
And Shouvalon he shoveled them off,
And MarkoT he marked them off.
And Krostnoh he crossed them off.
And TucbkCH he touched them off,
And Boroskoa he lored them OFF,
And kntousoa he cut them off
And = sreRZoi he pared them Off
And Doctoroh he doctored them OFF,
And Rodionoh he fog ed them off,
And, last of all, an Admiral came,
terrible man. with a terrible name,
A name which you all know by sight very well,
DoI WHICH no one citn Spedk anu DO one can spell,
They stuck close to Nap with all their might;
They were on the left and on the rig hit,
Behind and before, and by dry and by night,
He would rather parlez vouZ than light;
But parez -vouz no more would do,
For they remembered Moscow.
And then came on the frost and snow
All on the road from Moscow,
The fields were white and the sky so blue,
Sacrebeu Ventrei,eu
What a terrible journey from Moscow.
The devil take the hlndmost, quoth Nap,
AL on the road from Moscow.
For he thoug mt it small delight
. TO fsht all day and freeze all night.
And So. not knowing what else to do,
When the fields were white, and the sky SO blue
Morbleu i! Parbleu!
He stole away tell you true,
All on the road from Moscow.
1t was much too cold upon the road
As twas too hot in Moscow,
But there liz place which he must 90 to,
Where the fire Is red and the birthstone blue,
Morhleu Parbleu!
He find it hotter than Moscow.