  Some years of late, in eighty-eight, As I do well remember, It was, some say, the middle of May, And some say in September, And some say in September. The Spanish train launch'd forth amain, With many a fine bravado, Their (as they thought, but it prov'd not) Invincible Armado, Invincible Armado. There was a man that dwelt in Spain Who shot well with a gun a, Don Pedro hight, as black a wight As the Knight of the Sun a, As the Knight of the Sun a. King Philip made him Admiral, And bid him not to stay a, But to destroy both man and boy And so to come away a, And so to come away a. Their navy was well victualled With bisket, pease, and bacon, They brought two ships, well fraught with whips, But I think they were mistaken, But I think they were mistaken. Their men were young, munition strong, And to do us more harm a, They thought it meet to joyn their fleet All with the Prince of Parma, All with the Prince of Parma. They coasted round about our land, And so came in by Dover: But we had men set on 'em then, And threw the rascals over, And threw the rascals over. The Queen was then at Tilbury, What could we more desire a? Sir Francis Drake for her sweet sake Did set them all on fire a, Did set them all on fire a. Then straight they fled by sea and land, That one man kill'd threescore a, And had not they all run away, In truth he had kill'd more a, In truth he had kill'd more a. Then let them neither bray nor boast, But if they come again a, Let them take heed they do not speed As they did you know when a, As they did you know when a. |
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