Napoleon's Nostalgia

Corsica,oh my Corsica
Corsica of a thousand charms
Corsica of whose fragrance
I can distinguish from France
I delight in your coat of arms
with an image the replica
of an emancipated man.
You were my childhood paradise,
in your gardens I played and ran
Your shores inspired delightful tales
of a land fortified by whales
Oh Corsica my Corsica
I long to inhabit your shores
to flee Hudson's punitive laws
There never was a land so dear
as this idyllic island rare
France did value thee at a price
and Genoa prospered from thy sale
Corsica oh my Corsica
Shall I ever see thee again?
or will my longing be in vain?
Oh how I love thee Corsica
heal my protracted home sickness
like a tender loving mistress.