(the) Grand Old Duke of York

(the) Grand Old Duke of York
The Grand Old Duke of York [The Grand Old Duke of York]
a British ↑nursery rhyme about the Duke of York, a soldier who was the second son of ↑George III. It is sometimes quoted when somebody cannot decide what to do. The first verse is: Oh the Grand old Duke of York He had ten thousand men, He marched them up to the top of the hill And he marched them down again.

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