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T:Nelson's Death
B:Palmer, R,A Ballad History of England,BT Batsford Ltd, 1979
S:Harry Cox, Norfolk, 1953
Z:Peter Kennedy
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:Old Eng-land long ex-pect-ed heav-y news from our fleet; 
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w:It was com-mand-ed by Lord Nel-son the French for to meet;
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w:The news it came o-*ver, through the coun-try was spread
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w: That the French were de-feat-ed but Lord Nel-son was dead
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w:Rule Brit-an-nia, Brit-an-nia rules the  waves,
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w: Brit-ons nev-er, nev-er, nev-er shall be slaves