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Hearts of oak are our ships,
Gallant tars are our men.
Hearts of oak are our ships,
Gallant tars are our men.
Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea
Or skirts the safer shores
Of all that bore to read more
Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea
Or skirts the safer shores
Of all that bore to victory
Our stout old Commodores.
The wooden walls are the best walls of this kingdom.
The wooden walls are the best walls of this kingdom.
Britain's best bulwarks are her wooden walls.
Britain's best bulwarks are her wooden walls.
Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!
Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!
There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles
the Second. But the seamen were not read more
There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles
the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen
were not seamen.
Cooped in their winged sea-girt citadel.
Cooped in their winged sea-girt citadel.
All in the Downs are fleet was moor'd.
All in the Downs are fleet was moor'd.
Right--that will do for the marines.
Right--that will do for the marines.
