
BEHIND THE SONGS
“and a pint from the landlord wouldn’t do us any harm.”
- ‘Drop of Nelson’s Blood’

A Drop of Nelson’s Blood
Have you ever been to Trafalgar Square in London? Lots of pigeons, also lions, and a bloody great column with a statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson on top. Nelson died in an epic naval battle against the combined forces of the French and Spanish navies, off the south-west coast of Spain, in 1805.