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We lay at St Helen's and easy she rode	A
With one anchor catted and fresh water stowed	A
When the barge came alongside like bullocks we roared	B
For we knew what we carried with Nelson aboard	B
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Our Captain was Hardy the pride of us all	C
I'll ask for none better when danger shall call	C
He was hardy by nature and Hardy by name	D
And soon by his conduct to honour he came	D
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The third day the Lizard was under our lee	E
Where the Ajax and Thunderer joined us at sea	E
But what with foul weather and tacking about	F
When we sighted the Fleet we were thirteen days out	F
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The Captains they all came aboard quick enough	G
But the news that they brought was as heavy as duff	G
So backward an enemy never was seen	H
They were harder to come at than Cheeks the Marine	H
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The lubbers had hare's lugs where seamen have ears	I
So we stowed all saluting and smothered our cheers	I
And to humour their stomachs and tempt them to dine	J
In the offing we showed them but six of the line	J
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One morning the topmen reported below	K
The old Agamemnon escaped from the foe	K
Says Nelson My lads there'll be honour for some	L
For we're sure of a battle now Berry has come	L
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Up hammocks at last cried the bo'sun at dawn	M
The guns were cast loose and the tompions drawn	M
The gunner was bustling the shot racks to fill	N
And All hands to quarters was piped with a will	N
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We now saw the enemy bearing ahead	O
And to East of them Cape Traflagar it was said	O
'Tis a name we remember from father to son	P
That the days of old England may never be done	P
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The Victory led to her flag it was due	Q
Tho' the Temeraires thought themselves Admirals too	Q
But Lord Nelson he hailed them with masterful grace	R
Cap'n Harvey I'll thank you to keep in your place	R
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To begin with we closed the Bucentaure alone	S
An eighty gun ship and their Admiral's own	S
We raked her but once and the rest of the day	T
Like a hospital hulk on the water she lay	T
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To our battering next the Redoutable struck	U
But her sharpshooters gave us the worst of the luck	U
Lord Nelson was wounded most cruel to tell	V
They've done for me Hardy he cried as he fell	V
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To the cockpit in silence they carried him past	W
And sad were the looks that were after him cast	W
His face with a kerchief he tried to conceal	X
But we knew him too well from the truck to the keel	X
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When the Captain reported a victory won	P
Thank God he kept saying my duty I've done	P
At last came the moment to kiss him good bye	Y
And the Captain for once had the salt in his eye	Y
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Now anchor dear Hardy the Admiral cried	Z
But before we could make it he fainted and died	Z
All night in the trough of the sea we were tossed	A2
And for want of ground tackle good prizes were lost	A2
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Then we hauled down the flag at the fore it was red	O
And blue at the mizzen was hoisted instead	O
By Nelson's famed Captain the pride of each tar	B2
Who fought in the Victory off Cape Traflagar	B2

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