Ye Mariners of England 1815

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 21 Apr 2003

YE Mariners of England
That guard our native seas!
Whose flag has braved a thousand years
The battle and the breeze!
Your glorious standard launch again
To match another foe;
And sweep through the deep,
And sweep through the deep,
And sweep through the deep,

While the stormy winds do blow!
While the stormy winds do blow!
While the battle rages loud and long
And the stormy winds do blow.

The spirits of your fathers
Shall start from every wave
For the deck it was their field of fame,
And Ocean was their grave:
Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell
Your manly hearts shall glow,

As ye sweep through the deep,
As ye sweep through the deep,
As ye sweep through the deep,

While the stormy winds do blow!
While the stormy winds do blow!
While the battle rages loud and long
And the stormy winds do blow.

Britannia needs no bulwarks,
No towers along the steep;
Her march is o'er the mountain waves,
Her home is on the deep.
The thunders from her native oak
She quells the floods below,

As they roar on the shore,
As they roar on the shore,
As they roar on the shore,

When the stormy winds do blow!
When the stormy winds do blow!
When the battle rages loud and long,
And the stormy winds do blow.

The meteor flag of England
Shall yet terrific burn;
Till danger's troubled night depart
And the star of peace return.
Then, then, ye ocean warriors!
Our song and feast shall flow

To the fame of your name,
To the fame of your name,
To the fame of your name,

When the storm has ceased to blow!
When the storm has ceased to blow!
When the fiery fight is heard no more,
And the storm has ceased to blow.

Soft karaoke
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Ye Mariners of England 1815
Music by Dr. Caldecott (1766-1821)
Lyrics by Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
copyright - expired
Source: Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919.
The Oxford Book of English Verse
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Monday 21 April 2003 at 12.05
in association with Doug Grierson
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