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 On whole half-sheep, with cunning trick,
 * His sabre sometimes he'd employ—

No bar of lead, however thick,
 * Had terrors for the stalwart boy.

At Dover daily he'd prepare
 * To hew and slash, behind, before—

Which aggravated ,
 * Who watched him from the Calais shore.



It caused good to swear and dance,
 * The sight annoyed and vexed him so;

He was the bravest man in France—
 * He said so, and he ought to know.