Modernising the Classics

[dextrous63]

I
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the bay of Pegwell
   Rowed the six hundred.
"Forward, before the Light fades!
We're in the homerun" he said.
Into the bay of Pegwell
   Rowed the six hundred.

II
"Forward, you darned renegades!"
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the traffickers knew
   Someone had blundered.
   Theirs not to make reply,
   Theirs not to reason why,
   Theirs but to do and die.
   Into the bay of Pegwell
   Rowed the six hundred.

III
Ramsgate to right of them,
Dover to left of them,
Hovercraft port in front of them
   

etc etc etc

[JBR]

I
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the bay of Pegwell
  Rowed the six hundred.
"Forward, before the Light fades!
We're in the homerun" he said.
Into the bay of Pegwell
  Rowed the six hundred.

II
"Forward, you darned renegades!"
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the traffickers knew
  Someone had blundered.
  Theirs not to make reply,
  Theirs not to reason why,
  Theirs but to do and die.
  Into the bay of Pegwell
  Rowed the six hundred.

III
Ramsgate to right of them,
Dover to left of them,
Hovercraft port in front of them
 

etc etc etc

Some excellent revisions to those traditional melodies there, Dex.
I'm sure that there must be many more...

[Scrumpy]

Great to read..

[dextrous63]

Sunni shining in the sky.
There ain't a Jew in sight
They've stopped praying
Everybody's in a grave
And don't you know...
It's a murderous new day
Hey hey hey.....