The Rudyard Kipling \ Peter Bellamy song Our Fathers of Old has a verse about the plague Yet when the sickness was sore in the land, And neither planet nor herb assuaged, They took their lives in their lancet-hand And, oh, what a wonderful war they waged! Yes, when the crosses were chalked on the door— Yes, when the terrible dead-cart rolled, Excellent courage our fathers bore— Excellent heart had our fathers of old. Not too learned, but nobly bold, And into the fight went our fathers of old. https://mainlynorfolk.info/peter.bellamy/songs/ourfathersofold.html
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