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Thread #82430 Message #1510007
Posted By: The Walrus
26-Jun-05 - 02:29 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs for Trafalgar Night
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs for Trafalgar Night
Not exactly 'community singing' pieces but
"Aboard a '98'" or "On board of a Man o' War" might go well or try Kipling's "Poor Honest Men" and, of course, there's always versions of "Rule Britannia".
I suppose 'The Death of Nelson' is fairly obvious as a final piece.
As for verse, 'The Boy Stood On the Burning Deck' relates to a 'Nelsonian' incident (Destruction of [i]L'Orient[/i] at the Battle of the Nile).
As for quotes, try John Jervis (Earl St Vincent) - in the House of Lords - regarding Napoleon:
"I do not say he cannot come, Merely that he cannot come by sea".
W