A Drop of Nelson's Blood Back Patch | Punk | Sea Shanty | Metal | Battle Jacket | folk | music | History

A Drop of Nelson's Blood Back Patch | Punk | Sea Shanty | Metal | Battle Jacket | folk | music | History

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"A Drop of Nelson's Blood" also called "Roll the Old Chariot Along" is a sea shanty that references Nelson's blood. Nelson's Blood refers to the myth that upon his death away from England, Admiral Horatio Nelson was embalmed in a coffin filled with rum and camphor, emphasis on the rum. On the voyage home sailors on the ship would drill holes in the coffin and sneak cups of the mixture for drinking. Take this story and warp it a few times, and Nelson's Blood becomes another word for rum.

I thought a bottle design would be fun patch. The design shows the late admiral as a skeleton, missing one arm, as in life. with a label running diagnally across his coffin which reads "A drop of Nelsons Blood/ Wouldn't do Us any Harm." and "100% Pickled, non-chill filtered"

The deisign is roughly 6"x12" including the cork and spigot. Printed on durable fabrics using water based inks.
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