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T:Heart Of Oak
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Z:Webmaster
N:National
N:Sea
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w:Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glor-y we steer The
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w:The prize more than all to an English-man dear. To
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w:hon-our we call you, as free men, not slaves For
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w:who are so free as the sons of the waves. Heart of
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w:oak are our ships! Jolly tars our men. We
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w:are - al-ways rea-dy! Stea-dy, boys, stea-dy! We'll
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w:fight - and we'll con-quer a-gain and a-gain!
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W:Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer, 
W:The prize more than all to an Englishman dear; 
W:To honour we call you, as free men, not slaves, 
W:For who are so free as the sons of the waves? 
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W:Heart of oak are our ships! Jolly tars our men! 
W:We are always ready! Steady, boys, steady! 
W:We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again! 
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W:We ne'er see our foes but we wish them to stav: 
W:They never see us but they wish us away. 
W:If they run, why, we follow, and run them ashore; 
W:For if they won't fight us, we cannot do more. 
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W:They swear they'll invade us, these terrible foes;  
W:They frighten our women, our children, and beaus; 
W:But, should their flat-bottoms in darkness get o'er,  
W:Still Britons they'll find to receive them on shore. 
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W:We'll still make them fear, and we'll still make them flee, 
W:And drub 'em on shore, as we've drubb'd 'em at sea. 
W:Then cheer up, my lads, with one heart let us sing, 
W:Our soldiers, our sailors, our statesmen, our King. 
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W:Still Britain shall triumph, her ships plough the sea, 
W:Her standard be justice, her watchword "Be free;" 
W:Then cheer up, my lads, with one heart let us sing, 
W:Our soldiers, our sailors, our statesmen, our King.

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