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Didn't a number of Hannibal's elephants freeze to death?
Ba'al deree, Ba'al derah, I'll sing my hiking song.
I love to go out plundering along the Appian Way
And when I do, I'm wondering if I'll need my sword today
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, I sing this merry song each day
Ba'al deree, Ba'al derah, I'll sing my hiking song.
> Hailed as one of the boldest military maneuvers in history, Hannibal's invasion of Italy almost destroyed the young Roman Republic--and failed only after 15 years of tireless war.
As a military feat of surprise, it probably ranks up there with TE Lawrence's taking of the town of Aqaba from the desert side.
Or for that matter, Pearl Harbor or the Japanese sacking of Singapore.
