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 In these troublesome days when the great
 Mother Empire stands splendidly isolated in Europe.  
 In these troublesome days when the great
 Mother Empire stands splendidly isolated in Europe. 
 Britannia needs no bulwarks
 No towers along the steep;
  Her march is o'er the mountain wave,
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 Britannia needs no bulwarks
 No towers along the steep;
  Her march is o'er the mountain wave,
   Her home is on the deep. 
 Where are the rough brave Britons to be found
 With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?  
 Where are the rough brave Britons to be found
 With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned? 
 Those pigmy tribes of Panton street,
 Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak,
  Obedient to a tyrant's read more 
 Those pigmy tribes of Panton street,
 Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak,
  Obedient to a tyrant's yoke. 
 England with all thy faults, I love thee still--
 My country! and, while yet a nook is left
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 England with all thy faults, I love thee still--
 My country! and, while yet a nook is left
  Where English minds and manners may be found,
   Shall be constrained to love thee. 
 The men of England--the men, I mean of light and leading in 
England.  
 The men of England--the men, I mean of light and leading in 
England. 
 In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the 
English.
 [Fr., Quoique leurs chapeaux sont read more 
 In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the 
English.
 [Fr., Quoique leurs chapeaux sont bien laids,
  Goddam! j'aime les anglais.] 
 Ah! the perfidious English!
 [Fr., Ah! la perfide Angleterre!]  
 Ah! the perfidious English!
 [Fr., Ah! la perfide Angleterre!] 
 Be England what she will,
 With all her faults, she is my country still.  
 Be England what she will,
 With all her faults, she is my country still.