ABSTRACT
This chapter presents few lines from a song of the Napoleonic War. The War had a profound effect on British culture of the early nineteenth century. Military memoirs carried vivid, personalised accounts of battle, while ballads, cartoons and dramas reflected patriotic fervour on street corners and stages throughout the country. The English Fleet starred two British singers, who achieved great popularity during the Napoleonic Wars, are Charles Incledon and John Braham. In the years of peace that followed Wellington and Napoleon's climatic confrontation, the subject of war continued to resonate in popular culture. During the Napoleonic Wars, Incledon served in the Duke of Cumberland's Sharpshooters, a sort of Dad's Army' that was established to defend Britain in the event of a French attack.
