Heart of Oak
by Charles Dibdin (?) · posted by Sandals
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- Three half-step bend
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A somewhat romantic view of life at sea, yet a pretty imaginative tune
Heart of Oak
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So cheer up my lads, 'tis to glo-ry we steer
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To add some-thing new to this won-der-ful year,
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To hon-our we call you, not press you as slaves,
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For who are so free as the sons of the waves?
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Heart of Oak are our ships, Jol-ly tars are our men,
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We al-ways are rea-dy, stea-dy, boys, stea-dy.
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We'll fight and we'll con-quer a-gain and a-gain.