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Nelson Went to Battle.

Nelson went to battle,

Against the French one day,

And saw three ships a coming

Right along his way.

 

“Fetch my Red Coat Hardy,

So that if I get a wound,

The blood won’t show upon me

And ship’s company will stay sound”.

 

He beat those damned bad Frenchies

And sent his coat below,

Then sailed across the sea

In wind and rain and snow.

 

Another group of French ships,

Total thirty so it seemed,

And Hardy brought the coat again

Duly pressed and smart and cleaned.

 

Once more he saw the Frenchies off

With cunning, guile and power,

To him there’s no way he’d give in

To that Gallic speaking shower.

 

Then across the horizon did he see

Three hundred ships bear down.

So again he called to Hardy;

“Fetch my trousers coloured brown!”