The Hundred Years' War got into top gear
Way back in the year 1346
Normandy, as in the Second World War
Was where the English landed in their ships
And as in '44, Caen took some hits
In July 1346, its folk
Hacked down, the town burned, gold stolen, a blitz
By Edward The Third's wild bunch, keen to choke
The delicate throats of French nobles, blokes
On horses, arrow-proof heavy armour
But not proof against longbows, and eclipsed
Again in August at Crécy, which shook
France to its foundations, left the way clear
For further strengthening the English grip
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