Standard (EADGBE)
Too / thin the line that / charged the Heights, and
Scrambled in the / clay.
Too / thin the Eastern / Township Scot
Who / showed them all the / way, and
Per - / haps had you not / fallen,
You might / be what Brock be - / came,
But not / one in ten / thousand knows your / name. / /
To / say the name, Mac - / donnell,
It would / bring no bugle / call,
But the / Redcoats stayed be - / side you,
When they / saw the General / fall.
Twas Mac- / donnell raised the / banner then, and
Set the Heights a - / flame,
But not / one in ten / thousand knows your /name. / /
Chorus
You / brought the field all / standing
With your / courage and your / luck,
But un- / known to most, you're / lying there
Be - / side old General / Brock.
So you know / what it is to / scale the Heights, and
Fall just short of / fame, and
Have not / one in ten / thousand know your / name. / /
Break
Chorus instrumental
At / Queenston now, the / General,
On his / tower stands a - / lone, and
There's / lichen on "Mac - / donnell,"
Carved up - / on that weathered / stone.
In a / corner of the / monument,
To / glory you could / claim,
But not / one in ten / thousand knows your / name.
You / brought the field all / standing,
With your / courage and your / luck,
But un- / known to most, you're / lying there,
Be - / side old General / Brock.
So you know / what it is to / scale the Heights, and
Fall just short of / fame, and
Have not / one in ten / thousand know your / name. / /
Repeat Chorus:, then last three lines instrumental