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"Heart of Oak" is the official March of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom . It is also the official march of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command , the naval component of the Canadian Forces (CF), as well as the CF's Naval Operations Branch . The music was composed by Dr William Boyce and the words were written by the 18th Century English actor David Garrick . LYRICS Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer, To add something more to this wonderful year; To honour we call you, as freemen not slaves, For who are as free as the sons of the waves? CHORUS 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, And if they won't fight us, we cannot do more. CHORUS... 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 o'er, Still Britons they'll find to receive them on shore. CHORUS... We'll still make them fear and we'll still make them flee, And drub them ashore as we've drubbed them at sea," Then cheer up, my lads, with our hearts let us sing, Our soldiers, our sailors, our airmen, our Queen. CHORUS... |
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