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, 1915

, 1794, 1813, 1916

ROM the "George" in Portsmouth High Street north to the Scottish shore

The post-chaise carried the message; 'twas in seventeen ninety-four;

Men quaffed their ale on the village green and danced to the fiddler's tune,

And talked of Howe and the men he led on the glorious First of June.

They sang and they danced, for they'd lost all fear

Of losing their maids and their baccy and beer.

Fiona Plymouth Hoe to Yeovil town, through Reading to Harrow Hill

Just twenty-nine years after, men called for their host to fill

Their tankards up with English ale and the fiddler to scrape a tune,

And talked of Broke and the Shannon's tars and the Battle of First of June. 82