Samuel Drummond, British
Dutch Admiral Surrendering To The British During a Performance of “Les Mis,” 1827
Oil on canvas
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/// As Admirals dickered on deck;
that swab’s the one risking his neck.
While they’re down there “jigging,”
He’s up in the rigging
preventing a frigging shipwreck!
/// The bosun was blowing a horn,
(his whistle’s too tiny), to warn
the men to look starboard
and also to larboard
for oncoming vessels seaborne.
/// They avoided impending collisions,
through, in part, by ejecting provisions.
Toffs would much later prattle
‘bout Camperdown’s Battle,
but that “history” needs some revisions.