Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!

Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!

Now landsmen all, whoever you may be,
If you want to rise to the top of the tree,
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Now landsmen all, whoever you may be,
If you want to rise to the top of the tree,
If your soul isn't fettered to an office stool,
Be careful to be guided by this golden rule--
Stick close to your desks and never go to sea,
And you all may be Rulers of the Queen's Navee.

Now the sunset breezes shiver,
And she's fading down the river,
But in England's song forever
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Now the sunset breezes shiver,
And she's fading down the river,
But in England's song forever
She's the Fighting Temeraire.

All in the Downs are fleet was moor'd.

All in the Downs are fleet was moor'd.

Hearts of oak are are ships,
Hearts of oak are our men.

Hearts of oak are are ships,
Hearts of oak are our men.

Right--that will do for the marines.

Right--that will do for the marines.

The credite of the Realme, by defending the same with Wodden
Walles, as Themistocles called the Ship of Athens.

The credite of the Realme, by defending the same with Wodden
Walles, as Themistocles called the Ship of Athens.

Lysander when handing over the command of the fleet to
Callicratidas, the Spartan, said to him, "I deliver you read more

Lysander when handing over the command of the fleet to
Callicratidas, the Spartan, said to him, "I deliver you a fleet
that is mistress of the seas."

Cooped in their winged sea-girt citadel.

Cooped in their winged sea-girt citadel.