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T:Drink Old England Dry
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w:Now, come, my brave boy - as - I've told you be-fore Come
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w:drink, my brave boys and we'll bold-ly call for more. For
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w:the French they've in-va-ded and they say that they will try - They
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w:say that they will come and drink old Eng-land dry.
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w:Aye dry, aye dry my - boys, aye dry, They say that they will 
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w:come and drink old Eng-land dry
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W:1.
W:Now, come, my brave boys, as I've told you before, 
W:Come drink, my brave boys, and we'll boldly call for more, 
W:For the French they've invaded and they say that they will try, 
W:They say that they will come and drink old Eng-land dry.
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W:Aye dry, aye dry my boys, aye dry,
W:They say that they will come and drink old England dry. 
W:.
W:2.
W:Supposing we should meet with the Russians by the way, 
W:Ten thousand to one we will show them British play, 
W:With our swords and our cutlasses we'll fight until we die, 
W:Before that they shall come and drink old England dry. 
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W:3.
W:Then up spake old Churchill of fame and renown, 
W:He swears he'll come true to his country and crown, 
W:For the cannons they shall rattle and the bullets they shall fly, 
W:Before that they shall come and drink old England dry. 
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W:4.
W:Then it's drink, my brave boys, as I've told you before, 
W:Come drink, my brave boys, till you cannot drink no more, 
W:For those French dogs they may boast but their brags are all my eye, 
W:They say that they will drink old England dry.:

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