BEHIND THE SONGS

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“and a pint from the landlord wouldn’t do us any harm.”

- ‘Drop of Nelson’s Blood’

A Drop of Nelson’s Blood
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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.

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