...of a chapter in Voltaire's ' Siecle de Louis XV ' * : while Garrick sang in his ' Hearts of Oak ' : Come, cheer up my lads ! 'tis to glory we steer, To add something more to this wonderful year ; and two gentle old ladies, living at Bath, recalled years afterwards to their friend Lord Chatham...

...be anything to show for their efforts. both officers and men felt a passionate pride in the service. Come, cheer up. my lads, 'tis to glory we steer. To add something more to this wonderful year. Heart of oak are our ships. Heart of oak are our men. We've beat them before and we'll beat them again....

...clear of the berg before turning to the southeast, to thread a way through the massive jigsaw of floes. Come cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer, To add something new to this wonderful year, 'Tis to honor we call you, as free men, not slaves, For who are so free...

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...Company First Owl Books Edition 1999 Designed by Kate Nichols Cartography by Jeffrey L. Ward HEART 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 as...

...Garrick, with music by William Boyce, for the pantomime Harlequin's Invasion. A verse and the chorus: Come cheer up my lads, 'tis to Glory we steer, To...Slaves, For who are so free as the Sons of the waves? chorus: Heart of Oak are Our Ships, Heart of Oak are our Men, We always are ready, Steady Boys, steady,...

...may read like a recruiting song for the navy, but its contrast of free men and slaves was telling: 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? Freedom...

...ahead, but the music was too indistinct to inspire. Then someone in the relieving watch started up: Come cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer To add something more to this wonderful year. Hearts of oak are our ships! Jolly tars are our men! Steadyyy, boys, steadyyyy! We'll fight and we'll...

...jingoism that maintained its momentum after the war and led to the crackdown on colonial autonomy:45 Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer, To...more to this wonderful year; To honor we call you, as free men, not slaves, For who are as free as the sons of the waves? Heart of oak are our ships,...

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