1
Bold Britons long expected good news from our fleet
Commanded by Lord Nelson the French for to meet
And at length the news came over and through the land was spread
That the French was defeated and Nelson was dead
2
He was as bold commander as sailed the ocean wide
He made the French surrender to his terrible broadside
And one hundred fights he’d been in and never a once was beat
Though he lost an arm and an eye likewise no power could him defeat
3
This bold undaunted hero on the quarter-deck he stood
You would admire his actions with the decks awash with blood
When aloft all in the rigging a Frenchman fired a ball
And that was the cause of our Bold Lord Nelson’s fall
4
Up stepped the doctor in a hurry he did say
“Oh My Lord, indeed I’m sorry to see you bleed this way”.
“Oh no matter, and no matter, whatever about me,
It’s to me gallant seaman your first duty should be”
4
So come of you bold heroes let the bottle pass around
For Nelson was loyal and true to the crown
Here’s to all seaman who speak of his good
Likewise our fleet and the brave Lord Collingwood
5
Oh but mourning and mourn
Oh mourn and complain
For the loss of Lord Nelson
Who died on the main.