NELSON AND WARREN.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 184, 4 August 1900, Page 7 (Supplement)

NELSON AND WARREN.

By Charles Dibdin,

[The battles referred to in this song were that of the Nile, August Ist, 178a, and that fought by Sir John Borl&sse Warren, off Tory Island, on the North coast of Ireland, on October 12, 1798. The (ong tells the number of ships of the !!ne taken, etc., in the former battle; in !he latter, the French squadron destined for the invasion of Ireland was defeated, and the Hoche, of 84 guns, and five frigates, were captured. The two ships Which escaped at the battle of the Nile were- the Genereux, of 74 guns, and the Qulllaume Tell, of SS guns. Both of them ivM'e''a'ft'erwards taken in the Mediterranean; the first on February 18th, 1800, and the other on the 31st of March following, by portions of the fleet which Nelson commanded.]

I say, my heart, why, here's your works, . The French have it now with the gravy; Why, what between the English and the Turks, They'll lose both their army and navy. Bold Nelson went out with determinate • ■ view

To keep .uPiOur national glory; So of thirteen largo ships he left Mounseer two, Just to tell the Direct'ry the story. Then of England, arid England's brave tars, let us sing, As true a9 the keel to the kelson; Let's be loyal to honour, to truth and the king, And drink to the Navy and Nelson.

To "destroy, burn, and sink, his orders were; And by heart, he so perfectly got 'em, That some he took, some blow'd up in tne air, And some he sent to the bottom. So -you see the despatches was easily stow'd— 'Twas no U3e with a hist'ry to charge em; He'd occasion for only the old-fashioned mode— > Taken, burnt, and destroy'd as per mar jum

Then of England, etc,

So 'Ship to ship" was next the word; Master Brueys, how sweet they did aarve Jiim! For when a bold Briton sits down to his _blrd,: : He]pretty well knows how to carve him: J-nus-'wlth one of his precious limbs shot ■i away, f ■' B|>ld; Nelson know' d well how to nick era: Bo as-for the French, 'tis as much as to : say— - We. can tie up -one hand and then lick 'era,

Then of England, etc,

But With France 'tis all up—they are meeting their fate; fney've thrown down their basket of croek'ry; And vengeance like this -will o'ertake, soon or late, .AU who make of religion a mock'ry. J.nen of England, that wonderful country, sing; "Where ■we'Ve thousands of joy, if we , .-.need'em f wiu laws that protect us, a Protestant women, grog, biscuit and freedom,

i . -Then of England, etc.

Eutiwhiie we 're about it, let's loudly _ wend , * n 7?^ames of bold Nelson and Warren; iJj* thankful to Heav'n there must -Whbean end whiis-?irs> botn domestic and foreign. ii?,? ame shall sing out the glad news /'{« smile, SnoJL - thundering roar of our cannon PB* { K W valorous acts, from the njouth AShtui 1<rt Way to the banks of the Mien of England, etc.