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It was our war ship Clampherdown	A
Would sweep the Channel clean	A
Wherefore she kept her hatches close	B
When the merry Channel chops arose	C
To save the bleached marine	A
	-
She had one bow gun of a hundred ton	A
And a great stern gun beside	D
They dipped their noses deep in the sea	E
They racked their stays and stanchions free	E
In the wash of the wind whipped tide	D
	-
It was our war ship Clampherdown	A
Fell in with a cruiser light	F
That carried the dainty Hotchkiss gun	A
And a pair o' heels wherewith to run	A
From the grip of a close fought fight	F
	-
She opened fire at seven miles	G
As ye shoot at a bobbing cork	H
And once she fired and twice she fired	I
Till the bow gun drooped like a lily tired	I
That lolls upon the stalk	J
	-
quot Captain the bow gun melts apace	K
The deck beams break below	L
'Twere well to rest for an hour or twain	A
And botch the shattered plates again quot	I
And he answered quot Make it so quot	I
	-
She opened fire within the mile	M
As ye shoot at the flying duck	N
And the great stern gun shot fair and true	O
With the heave of the ship to the stainless blue	O
And the great stern turret stuck	N
	-
quot Captain the turret fills with steam	P
The feed pipes burst below	L
You can hear the hiss of the helpless ram	Q
You can hear the twisted runners jam quot	I
And he answered quot Turn and go quot	I
	-
It was our war ship Clampherdown	A
And grimly did she roll	R
Swung round to take the cruiser's fire	S
As the White Whale faces the Thresher's ire	T
When they war by the frozen Pole	R
	-
quot Captain the shells are falling fast	I
And faster still fall we	E
And it is not meet for English stock	U
To bide in the heart of an eight day clock	U
The death they cannot see quot	I
	-
quot Lie down lie down my bold A B	E
We drift upon her beam	P
We dare not ram for she can run	A
And dare ye fire another gun	A
And die in the peeling steam quot	I
	-
It was our war ship Clampherdown	A
That carried an armour belt	I
But fifty feet at stern and bow	V
Lay bare as the paunch of the purser's sow	V
To the hail of the Nordenfeldt	I
	-
quot Captain they hack us through and through	O
The chilled steel bolts are swift	I
We have emptied the bunkers in open sea	E
Their shrapnel bursts where our coal should be quot	I
And he answered quot Let her drift quot	I
	-
It was our war ship Clampherdown	A
Swung round upon the tide	I
Her two dumb guns glared south and north	W
And the blood and the bubbling steam ran forth	W
And she ground the cruiser's side	I
	-
quot Captain they cry the fight is done	A
They bid you send your sword quot	I
And he answered quot Grapple her stern and bow	V
They have asked for the steel They shall have it now	V
Out cutlasses and board quot	I
	-
It was our war ship Clampherdown	V
Spewed up four hundred men	V
And the scalded stokers yelped delight	I
As they rolled in the waist and heard the fight	I
Stamp o'er their steel walled pen	V
	-
They cleared the cruiser end to end	I
From conning tower to hold	I
They fought as they fought in Nelson's fleet	I
They were stripped to the waist they were bare to the feet	I
As it was in the days of old	I
	-
It was the sinking Clampherdown	V
Heaved up her battered side	I
And carried a million pounds in steel	X
To the cod and the corpse fed conger eel	X
And the scour of the Channel tide	I
	-
It was the crew of the Clampherdown	V
Stood out to sweep the sea	E
On a cruiser won from an ancient foe	L
As it was in the days of long ago	L
And as it still shall be	E

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