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 so free as the sons of the waves
Heart of oak are our ships jolly tars are our men
We always are ready steady boys steady
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again
verse 2
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
Heart of oak are our ships jolly tars are our men
We always are ready steady boys steady
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again
verse 3
They swear they'll invade us these terrible foes
They frighten women children and beaus
But should their flat bottoms in darkness get o'er
Still Britons they'll find to receive them on shore
Heart of oak are our ships jolly tars are our men
We always are ready steady boys steady
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again
verse 4
We'll still make them fear and we'll still make them flee
And drub 'em on shore as we've drubb'd 'em at sea
Then cheer up my lads with one heart let us sing
Our soldiers our sailors our statesmen our King
Heart of oak are our ships jolly tars are our men
We always are ready steady boys steady
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again
Verse 5
We'll still make 'em run and we'll still make 'em sweat
In spite of the Devil and Brussels Gazette
Then cheer up my lads with one heart let us sing
Our soldiers our sailors our statesmen our King
Heart of oak are our ships jolly tars are our men
We always are ready steady boys steady
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again
Verse 6
Britannia triumphant her ships rule the seas
Her watch word is 'Justice' her password is 'Free'
So come cheer up my lads with one heart let us sing
Our soldiers our sailors our statesmen our king
Heart of oak are our ships jolly tars are our men
We always are ready steady boys steady
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again