THE DEATH OF NELSON,
on the
Twenty first of October,

Sung by MR INCLEDON, in the
Interlude of Nelson's Glory, at the
Theatre Royal Covent Garden.
written by T.D.IBDIN, Price 1/2

London, Printed for, sold by Preston, at his Wholesale Warehouses, 97, Strand.

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Long our Tars had kept their station,
Long insulting Foes defied,
Spite of all the Gallic Nation,
Dutch bravado, Spanish pride,
To those who swore this Land to plunder,
Those who dare our rights despise,
We've once more replied in thunder,
While you threaten, we chastise.

France and Spain with hopes scarce sober,
Stung with hate of Nelson's Fame,
Chose the nineteenth of October,
To immortalize his name.

When he saw their colours flying,
When he saw their force combine,
Still methinks I hear him crying,
Follow Boys, they all are mine!

Yet the Foe with hesitation,
Linger'd till the twenty first,
As if, with sad anticipation,
These vaunting Heroes feard the worst,
The twenty first of March had told em,
What our Boys on Land can be,
Another twenty first, behold em
Bending to our Lads at Sea.

Hush! they've join'd, the battle rages,
Expectation holds her breath,
Britain for her right engages,
France for plunder, war and death,
Thirty three our Chief opposing,
Twenty seven the British line,
They strike, he cries, while life is closing,
Heaven, the praise is only thine.