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Ye sons of Mars come list to me	A
And I will relate to ye	A
A great and heroic naval fight	B
Which will fill your hearts with delight	B
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The fight was between the French Frigate Pique and the British Frigate Blanche	C
But the British crew were bold and staunch	D
And the battle was fought in West Indian waters in the year of	E
And for to gain the victory the French did nobly strive	F
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And on the morning of the th of January while cruising off Gadulope	G
The look out man from the foretop loudly spoke	H
And cried Sail ahoy Where away	I
On the lee bow close in shore sir was answered without delay	I
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Then Captain Faulkner cried Clear the decks	J
And the French vessel with his eyeglass he inspects	K
And he told his men to hoist the British flag	L
And prepare my heroes to pull down that French rag	L
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Then the Blanche made sail and bore away	I
In the direction of the Pique without delay	I
And Captain Fauikner cried Now my lads bear down on him	M
And make ready quickly and begin	N
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It was about midnight when the Frenchman hove in sight	B
And could be seen distinctly in the starlight	B
And for an hour and a half they fired away	I
Broadsides into each other without dismay	I
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And with tne rapid flashes the Heavens were aflame	O
As each volley from the roaring cannons came	O
And the incessant roll of musketry was awful to hear	P
As it broke over the silent sea and smote upon the ear	P
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The French vessel had nearly men	Q
Her decks were literally crowded from stem to stern	R
And the musketeers kept up a fierce fire on the Blanche	C
But still the Blanche on them did advance	S
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And the Blanche's crew without dismay	I
Fired a broadside into the Pique without delay	I
Which raked her fore and aft and knocked her to smash	T
And the mizzen mast fell overboard with a terrible crash	T
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Then the Frenohmen rushed forward to board the Blanche	C
But in doing so they had a very poor chance	S
For the British Tars in courage didn't lack	U
Because thrice in succession on their own deck they were driven back	U
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Then Brave my lads Captain Faulkner loudly cries	V
Lash her bowsprit to our capstan she's our prize	V
And he seized some ropes to lash round his foe	W
But a musket ball pierced his heart and laid him low	W
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Then a yell of rage burst from the noble crew	X
And near to his fallen body they drew	X
And tears for his loss fell fast on the deck	Y
Their grief was so great their tears they conldn 't check	Y
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The crew was very sorry for their captain's downfall	Z
But the sight didn't their brave hearts appall	Z
Because they fastened the ropes to the Pique at the capstan	A2
And the Pique was dragged after the Blanche the sight was grand	B2
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Yet the crew of the Pique maintained the fight	B
Oh most courageously they fought in the dead of night	B
And for two hours they kept up firing without dismay	I
But it was a sacrifice of human life they had to give way	I
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And about five o'clock in the morning the French cried for quarter	C2
Because on board there had been a great slaughter	C2
Their Captain Consail was mortally wounded in the fight	B
Along with many officers and men oh it was a heartrending sight	B
To see the wounded and dead weltering in their gore	D2
After the cannonading had ceased and the fighting was o'er	C2

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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