Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!

Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!

Now landsmen all, whoever you may be,
If you want to rise to the top of the tree,
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Now landsmen all, whoever you may be,
If you want to rise to the top of the tree,
If your soul isn't fettered to an office stool,
Be careful to be guided by this golden rule--
Stick close to your desks and never go to sea,
And you all may be Rulers of the Queen's Navee.

Right--that will do for the marines.

Right--that will do for the marines.

Hearts of oak are our ships,
Gallant tars are our men.

Hearts of oak are our ships,
Gallant tars are our men.

Britain's best bulwarks are her wooden walls.

Britain's best bulwarks are her wooden walls.

Now the sunset breezes shiver,
And she's fading down the river,
But in England's song forever
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Now the sunset breezes shiver,
And she's fading down the river,
But in England's song forever
She's the Fighting Temeraire.

Hearts of oak are are ships,
Hearts of oak are our men.

Hearts of oak are are ships,
Hearts of oak are our men.

Cooped in their winged sea-girt citadel.

Cooped in their winged sea-girt citadel.

The wooden walls are the best walls of this kingdom.

The wooden walls are the best walls of this kingdom.