The Hundred-and-Ten-Tonner!

What was it, though, that had to stoop,

When fired, to putting on a hoop,

Spite this, yet found its muzzle "droop"?

The Hundred-and-Ten-Tonner!

And what, that matters made more hot,

Such curious ammunition got,

It cost £400 a shot?

The Hundred-and-Ten-Tonner!

Yet, much to the tax-payer's bliss,