| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 6096 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Hood (17991845) |
| QUOTATION: | Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to wars alarms; But a cannon-ball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Faithless Nellie Gray. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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