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L:1/4 M:C| K:C z/2 G/2 | c c/2c/2 c e/2d/2 | c B/2A/2 G z/2 G/2 | w:Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glor-y we steer The A A/2B/2 c c/2d/2 |ef/2d/2ez/2G/2| w:The prize more than all to an English-man dear. To cE/2F/2GA/2B/2|cE/2F/2Gz/2d/2| w:hon-our we call you, as free men, not slaves For ed/2c/2gB/2c/2|dd/2D/2G d3/4d/4| w:who are so free as the sons of the waves. Heart of P:chorus dB/2c/2de3/4e/4|ec/2d/2ez/2e/2| w:oak are our ships! Jolly tars our men. We (d/2c/2) B/2e/2 c/2 A/2z|c/4c3/4GE/4C3/4z/2G/2| w:are - al-ways rea-dy! Stea-dy, boys, stea-dy! We'll (A/2B/2) c/2d/2ed/2c/2|gG/2B/2c|] w:fight - and we'll con-quer a-gain and a-gain! % W:1 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? W: W:ch 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! W: W:2 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. W: W:3 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. W: W:4 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. W: W:5 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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