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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 6 (September 1, 1937.)

Death of Nelson

Death of Nelson.

A man stood on the street corner playing a cornet. When he had played one refrain, a little urchin went up to him and said, “What was that tune, mister?”

“That, my boy, was the ‘Death of Nelson,”' answered the player.

Urchin: By cripes! what a ‘orrible death.

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