Rhymes of Northern Bards / Being a Curious Collection of Old and New Songs and Poems, Peculiar to the Counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Durham

by Unknown

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CHESTER LADS FOR EVER.

Thro’ Durham County, fam’d of old,

Thro’ England, be it ever told,

That Chester lads stood forth so bold,

And Chester lads for ever.

When Frenchmen heard of their intent,

To Bonaparte in haste they sent,

And said, since Chester thus is bent,

We are ruin’d, sirs, for ever.