That they were not to take the wrong sow by the ear!
Sons of Tyne, &c.
There was bold Sidney Smith, on the Palestine shore,
Made the army invincible lie all in gore;
When caught in his Mouse Trap[17] at Acre de John,
Bonaparte (then Musselman) made a sad moan.
Sons of Tyne, &c.
The brave Abercromby shed his last drop of blood,
At Alexandria, for his country’s good:
And shall Corsican Tyranny ever come near