New song of old sayings/Britons Only Conquer to Save
BRITONS ONLY CONQUER TO SAVE.
When in war, on the ocean we meet the prond foe,
Tho' with ardour for corqueſt our boſoms they glow,
Let us ſee on their veſſels Old England's Flag wave,
They ſhall find Britiſh Sailors but conquer to ſave.
They ſhall find British Sailors, etc.
And now their pale Enſigns we view from a-far,
With three cheers they're welcom'd by each Britſh Tar,
Whilſt the Genius of Britain ſtill bids us advance,
And our guns hurl in thunder defiance to France.
They ſhall find Britiſh Sailors, etc!
But mark our laſt broadſide, ſhe ſinks! down ſhe
goes
Quickly man all your boats, they no longer are foes,
To ſnatch a brave fellow from a watery grave,
Io worthy a Briton who conquers to ſave.
They ſhall find Britiſh Sailors only conquer to ſave.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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