Heart Of Oak
1700's  

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com

Come cheer up, my lads 'tis to glory we steer
To add something more to this wonderful year
To honour we call you not press you like slaves
For who are so free as the sons of the waves

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Heart of oak are our ships heart of oak are our men
We always are ready steady boys, steady
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again

We ne'er see our foes but we wish them to stay
They never see us but they wish us away
If they run, why we follow and run them ashore
For if they won't fight us we cannot do more 
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They swear they'll invade us these terrible foes
They frighten our women our children and beaus
But should their flat bottoms in darkness get over
Still Britons they'll find to receive them on shore 
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We'll still make them fear and we'll still make them flee
And drub 'em on shore as we've drubbed 'em at sea
Then cheer up my lads with one heart let us sing
Our soldiers our sailors our statesmen and Queen
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Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com