Remember how I felt when I left the Hermes when she paid off, wasn't even shipscompany but had spent many a happy time on her during various detachments
For any ex Matelot's on Trafalgar Day
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...