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weerover	Songs of the civil War (58* d)	RE: Songs of the Napoleonic Wars?	30 Apr 04
"Wheels of the World" has a verse which goes: Napoleon he was a great spinner, he freedom did always advance O'er deserts and high lofty mountains he marched the brave sons of France Bold Wellington he went a-spinning, his wheels they were at Waterloo And if Grouchy* had never been bribed, the French would have split him in two. *Pronounced in the song as though it were an English name. I believe the historical evidence does not bear out the suggestion of bribery, merely that Grouchy stuck to his orders when another course of action might have been more advantageous. wr

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