21st October 1805

[Deportivo Seagull]

Off line yesterday, but as it was Trafalger Day so better late than never ...

Heart of Oak

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?

(Chorus sung once...)
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.


We never see the French but we wish them to stay,
They always see us and they wish us away;
If they run, we will follow, we will drive them ashore,
And if they won't fight, we can do no more.

(Chorus sung once...)


They swear they'll invade us, these terrible foes,
They frighten our women, our children and beaus,
But should their flat bottoms in darkness get o'er,
Still Britons they'll find to receive them on shore.

(Chorus sung once...)

[Verse sometimes omitted]
Britannia triumphant, her ships sweep the sea,
Her standard is Justice—her watchword, 'be free.'
Then cheer up, my lads, with one heart let us sing,
Our soldiers, our sailors, our statesmen, and king.

(Final Chorus sung twice...)

 

[The Uninvited Guest]

So that's why Trafalgar square was so busy yesterday. Did not notice The Spanish or French getting a good kicking though.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Chorus:
Bell Bottomed Trousers
Coats of Navy Blue
Let him climb the rigging
like his daddy used to do.

There once was a waitress
at the Prince George Hotel
her Mistress was a lady
and her Master was a swell
they knew she was a simple lass
and lately from the farm
and so they did there best
to see that she came to no harm

(Chorus)

Well first of all there came to town
The Kings own Hussars
They Crowded out the Whorehouse
And thry lined up all the bars
Many a Wife and Mistress
and Maidenhead before them fell
but they never made the Waitress
from the Prince George Hotel

(Chorus)

Then Came to town a Sailor boy
An Ordinary Bloke
A'Bulgin at the trouser
with a heart of English Oak
He asked her for her Handkerchief
To tie around his head
He asked her for a candle
to light his way to bed
Then in a voice so gentle
So's not to cause alarm
He asked her if she'd come to bed
To Help to keep him warm

(Chorus)

Now I knows he was no Samson
But that night he went to town
He layed her on that bed there
til her Blue eyes turned to brown
Then Early in the Morning
Before the Break of day
A five pound note he left for her
and a note to her which sayed
"Take this my Darling, for the damage I have done
Now you may have a Daughter, or you may have a Son
If you have a baby Girl then bounce her on your knee
But if you have a Boy, send the Bastard off to Sea!"

(Chorus)