B E B You generals all and champions bold, that takes delight in fields E B That knocks down churches and castle walls, but now to death must yield E B E We must go and face our daring foes and with a sword and shield B E B I often fought with my merry men, but now to death must yield [Instrumental] C F C x2 C F C F C F C G F G [Verse] C F C I am an Englishman by birth, Lord Marlborough is my name F C And I was brought up in London town, a place of noted fame F C F I was beloved by all my men and kings and princes likewise C F C G F G And then all the towns we took, to all the world's surprise [Verse] C F C King Charles the Second I did serve, to face our foes in France F C And at the battle of Ramilles, we boldly did advance F C F The sun was down, the earth did quake, so loudly did he cry C F C G F G "Fight on, my boys, for old England's sake, we'll conquer or we'll die" [Instrumental] C F C x2 C F C F C F C G F G [Verse] C F C But now we gain for victory and bravely kept the field F C We took great numbers of prisoners and forced them all to yield F C F That very day my horse got shot, 'twas by a musket ball C F C G F G And as I mounted up again, my aide-de-camp did fall [Verse] C F C Now I on a bed of sickness lie, I am resigned to die F C You generals all and champions bold, stand true as well as I F C F "Stand true my lads and fright no man, but fight with courage bold" C F C G F G F C I led my men through smoke and fire, but never bribed with gold