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" 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... "
Sharpe's Devil: Napoleon and South America, 1820-1821 - Page 201
by Bernard Cornwell - 2009 - 336 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 196

1902 - 642 pages
...David Garrick's admirable ' Hearts of Oak,' produced in a pantomime in that year of wonders, 1759 : ' Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer, To add something new to this wonderful year.' But what else? In 1775 began a war in which, under a dark cloud of disgrace...
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The pocket encyclopedia of Scottish, English, and Irish songs ..., Volume 2

Scottish songs - 1816 - 320 pages
...soft and pretty; But now he's gone, and left poor I Alone to weep, ah ! what a pity. HEARTS OF OAK. 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 we sons of the waves. Hearts...
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Semi-serious Observations of an Italian Exile, During His Residence in England

Giuseppe Pecchio - 1833 - 554 pages
...ragazzi!" leathern hands, a second group struck up another of their favourite songs, " Hearts of Oak :" " Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer. To add something new to this wonderful year ; To honour we call you, not press you like slaves, For who are so free...
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The Arethusa

Frederick Chamier - 1837 - 998 pages
...well-known air which, in most ships in the British Navy, is played to summon all hands to quarters, of " Come cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer, To add something new to this wonderful year : Tis to honour we call you, nor press you like slaves, For who are so free...
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Songs, Naval and National: Of the Late Charles Dibdin; with a Memoir and Addenda

Charles Dibdin - 1841 - 406 pages
...Great George shall rule for me." 300 HEARTS OF OAK. [Written by Mr. Garrick. Composed by Dr. Boyce.] 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 we sons of the waves ? Heart...
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Notes and Queries, Volume 79

1889 - 670 pages
...version may,perhaps,be deemed worthy of record in the pages of ' N. & Q.' It runs as follows : — Come cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer, To add something more to this wonderful year : To honour we call you, not preis you like slaves, For who are so free as we sons of the waves 1 Heart...
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Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin: With a Memoir

Charles Dibdin - 1850 - 424 pages
...George shall rule for me." 289 290 HEARTS OF OAK. [Written by Mr. Garrick. Composed by Dr. Boyce.] COKE, 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 ? Heart...
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Notes and Queries

1889 - 562 pages
...cheer up, my ladi, 'tie to glory we eteer, To add something more to this wonderful year : To honour we call you, not press you like slaves, For who are so free as we sons of tbe waves ? Heart of oak are our ships, heart of oak are our men, Wo always are ready, steady...
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The Book of English Songs: From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century

Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 pages
...land, Adieu ! she cried, and waved her lily hand, HEARTS OF OAK. DAVID GAREICR, born 1716, died 1779. 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 ? Hearts...
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Songs of England. The book of English songs, ed. by C. Mackay

Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 pages
...and wav'd her lily hand. HEARTS 'OF OAK. DAVID GAEEICE, born 1716, dicd 1779. The music by Du. AENE. 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 ? Hearts...
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