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1. This Englishman once was a king
To power he wanted to cling.
Two boys disappeared
And murder was feared.
At Bosworth he lost everything.
2. This man was a leader in war
And renowned as a great orator,
Inspiring the nation
Through his dedication
And seldom without a cigar.
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3. This woman sat high on her horse
And rode, as a matter of course,
To protest the high tax
That her hubby relaxed
With nary a stitch on her tors(OH!)
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4. This lady from Austria did take
Her seat on the throne with a flake
It didn't take long
For the peasants to throng
To see her "eating her cake".
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5. This ruler, she never was wed,
From the time she was born until she was dead.
Her courage was bold
Her virtue extolled
But she died all alone in her bed.
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6. His wives went in fear for their heads;
They never slept easy in bed.
Their heads he would lop
And as they did drop
He sent for the next one to wed.
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7. He wanted the Scottish to win
And have their very own king
A great fearsome yell
And his enemies fell
But at Smithfield he lost all his limbs
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8. This despot, he took quite a spill
The Allies had quite had their fill
Hidden down in a bunker
He and Eva did hunker
They both expired in their swill.
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9. A nurse to Crimea was sent
She gave succor in primitive tents.
Her cause, it was brave
Many lives she did save
In the death toll she made a huge dent.
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10. To Antarctica our hero had been
The South Pole had not yet been seen
But Endurance was lost
In the ice - what a cost!
Though he returned all his men to their kin.
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