HOUGOUMONT.
                      1815
 
Have you heard of Hougoumont?
And the nine long hours,
When cordite and flesh were
                      Tasted,
 
On the early Summer breeze
As Canon roared,
And Muscot flew,
When French and Allied forces
Clashed.
To a Man, and to a square.,
For it was never so more, 
Than a close run thing,
Upon that June Day,
Now so long  ago,
When proud Horses did bray,
In fright  ’n’ bleedin’ fear,
 
When at close of Gates,
Waterloo was Won’
On Eaton’s famous fields
                   Of play,