Heart of Oak
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Come cheer up my lads, 'tis to glory we steer,
To add something more to this wonderful year;
To honour we call you, as freemen not slaves,
For who are so free as the sons of the waves?
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Heart of oak are our ships, jolly tars are our men,
We always are read; steady, boys, steady!
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again.
We never see our foes but we wish them to stay'
They always see us and they wish us away;
If they run, we will follow, we will drive them ashore,
And if they won't fight, we can do no more.
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They swear they'll invade us, these terrible foes,
They frighten our women, our children and beaus;
But should their flat bottoms in darkness get o'er,
Still Britons they'll find to receive them on shore.
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Britannia triumphant, her ships sweep the sea,
Her standard is Justice - her watchword, 'Be free.'
Then cheer up my lads, with one heart let us sing,
Our soldiers, our sailors, our statesmen and king.
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