All was going well
Until the day the battle came,
All the men dressed in blue rose up with arms,
Only to fall back to the cold, wet, bloody ground,
Never to get back up again
Yes, all was well until this day

All was well
We work with a more merrier tune upon are tongues,
We work with a more sunnier smile upon are lips,
We worked nights and days with a better feel of freedom in are souls,
We worked nights and days with a better feel of contentment in are hearts,
All was well until this day

All was going well
Until the day the battle came,
All the men dressed in blue rose up with arms,
Only to fall back to the cold, wet, bloody ground,
Never to get back up again,
Yes, all was well until this day

All was well until
The drums began to beat the march beat,
The men in red coats began to march out to defend Montreal,
They marched in tune to the drums,
They marched to the booms of the rolling barrels of black doom,
All was well until this day

All was going well
Until the day the battle came,
All the men dressed in blue rose up with arms,
Only to fall back to the cold, wet, bloody ground,
Never to get back up again,
Yes, all was well until this day

All was well until
The trumpets began to blow,
The men in blue began to march to take Montreal,
They marched in time to the blows of the trumpets,
They marched to their death,
All was well until this day

All was going well
Until the day the battle came,
All the men dressed in blue rose up with arms,
Only to fall back to the cold, wet, bloody ground
Never to get back up again,
Yes, all was well until this day

All was well until
The men in red began to fire with the roaring cylinders of death,
shooting red fire,
The men in blue began to fire with the roaring cylinders of death,
shooting blue fire,
The men in blue began to fall,
The men in red began to fall,
All was well until this day

All was going well
Until the day the battle came,
All the men dressed in blue rose up with arms,
Only to fall back to the cold, wet, bloody ground,
Never to get back up again,
Yes, all was well until this day

All was well until
The men in blue kept falling and falling,
The men in red seemed to never fall,
The men in red kept coming and coming and coming,
Endlessly they came, no end to the men in red,
All was well until this day

All was going well
Until the day the battle came,
All the men dressed in blue rose up with arms,
Only to fall back to the cold, bloody ground,
Never to get back up again,
Yes, all was well until this day

All was well until
The day the men in blue tried to take, Montreal in 1812,
Yes, all was well until this day
The men in blue were still alive