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Thread #81115 Message #1483186
Posted By: GUEST,Bainbo
12-May-05 - 07:32 AM
Thread Name: Songs about Nelson or Wellington
Subject: RE: Songs about Nelson or Wellington
Les Barker wrote The Nelson Monologue, which played on the myth of the Admiral's disabililties: "Nelson was a lady's man. He drove Lady Hamilton wild. Though he only had one eye, one arm, one leg, 'cause he'd been chopped in half as a child." It does include the priceless verse: "He used to go to the local hop, and there he'd scream and shout, Because he couldn't do the Military Two-Step - and half the Hokey Cokey was out."