I think the poem goes something like this.
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the king was lost.
For want of the king the battle was lost.
For want of the battle the kingdom was lost.
All for the want of a nail!
One thing that continues to amaze me is the interviews with people who say they have no food. They had weeks to stock up, and could certainly carry some canned goods with them even if they have to evacuate. These did not look like people who fled through flood waters after their houses collapsed.
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“For want of a nail....
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/for_want_of_a_nail.htm
The earliest known written version of the rhyme is in John Gower’s
“Confesio Amantis” dated approximately 1390.
(snip)
Benjamin Franklin included a version of the rhyme in his Poor Richard’s
Almanack when America and England were on opposite sides.