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NOW coil up your nonsense 'bout England's great Navy,
And take in your slack about oak-hearted Tars;

For frigates as stout, and as gallant crews have we,

Or how came her Macedon deck'd with our Stars ?
Yes-how came her Guerriere, her Peacock, and Java,
All sent broken ribb'd to Old Davy of late?
How came it? why, split me! than Britons we're braver,
And that shall they feel too wherever we meet.
Then charge the can cheerily ;

CHORUS.

Send it round merrily;

Here's to our country and captains commanding ;

To all who inherit

Of Lawrence the spirit,

Disdaining to strike while a stick is left standing."

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if unawares, we should run (a fresh gale in).

Close in with a squadron, we'd laugh at 'em all;
master BULL such a sample of sailing,

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uld a Razee be espied ahead nearly;

fetch her we'd crowd ev'ry stitch we could make; hests and up hammocks would heave away cheerly, d ready for action would be in a shake:

swaggering cut, though, and metal not caring, Il up with her close should our fire be withheld; our'd in so hot that her mangled crew, fearing trip to the bottom, should speedily yield. Then charge the can cheerily ;

Send it round merrily;

Here's to our country and captains commanding,

To all who inherit

Of Lawrence the spirit,

"Disdaining to strike while a stick is left standing."

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ja, although she beleaguers our coast now,

e dread of our wives and our sweethearts as well, ng the waves has less reason to boast now,

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