Hearts 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... Songs ...: With a Memoir - Página 288por Charles Dibdin - 1864 - 328 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Loyalist - 1803 - 344 páginas
...boys, steady ; We '11 fight and we '11 conquer again and again. 2. We ne'er find our foes but we press them to stay ; They never see us but they wish us away : Whene'er they run off, boys, we '11 drive them ashore ; For, if they won't face us, we can do no... | |
| 1816
...before two o'clock in the afternoon, the wags in the navy called him the (ale Lord Chatham. We never see our foes but we wish them to stay, They never see us but they with us away, We'll fight and we'll conquer again, could not comprehend the improvement of reversing... | |
| Scottish songs - 1816 - 320 páginas
...you like slaves. For who are so free as we sons of the waves. Hearts of oak are our ships, Jolly tars are our men; We always are ready, Steady, boys, steady,...but they wish us away; If they run, why we follow, and run them ashore, For if they wont fight us what can we do more. Hearts of oak, &c. They swear they'll... | |
| 1816 - 598 páginas
...(wo o'clock in the afternoon, the wags in the navy called him the ¡ate Lord Chatham. We never sec our foes but we wish them to stay, They never see us but they with us away, We'll fight and we'll conquer again, could not comprehend the improvement of reversin::... | |
| Giuseppe Pecchio - 1833 - 554 páginas
...boys, steady, We'll fight and we'll conquer, again and again ! " We ne'er see our foes but we wish 'em to stay; They never see us but they wish us away ; If they run, why we follow, and run 'em ashore, For if they won't fight us, what can we do more ? Hearts of oak, &c. " They swear... | |
| Frederick Marryat - 1839 - 310 páginas
...great boasters ; but are we far behind them ? One of our most popular songs runs as follows : — " We ne'er see our foes, but we wish them to stay; They never see us, but they wish us away." \V hat can be more bragging, or more untrue, than the words of these lines ? In the same way in England... | |
| Frederick Marryat - 1839 - 306 páginas
...far behind them ? One of our most popular songs runs as follows :— " We ne'er see our foes, but wo wish them to stay; They never see us, but they wish us away." What can be more bragging, or more untrue, than the words of these lines ? In the same way in England... | |
| Ben (grandpa, pseud.) - 1843 - 392 páginas
...scanning the whole horizon, others ascending the rigging, and every one anxious to see them first. We ne'er see our foes but we wish them to stay, They never see ut but they wish u< away ; If they run, why we follow, and run them ashore, And if they won't fight... | |
| Ben (grandpa, pseud.) - 1848 - 398 páginas
...others ascending the rigging, and every one anxious to see them first. 254 STRENGTH OF EACH FLEET. We ne'er see our foes but we wish them to stay, They...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. HEABTS OF OAK. The English force... | |
| 1889 - 562 páginas
...ships, heart of oak are our men, Wo always are ready, steady boys, steady, We 'U fight, and we '11 conquer again and again. We ne'er see our foes, but...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, &c. They swear... | |
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