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2 HEARTS OF OAK. COME, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we fte To add something new to this wonderful ye: To honour we call you, not preſs you like flaves ; For who are so free as we sons of the waves Hearts are ourships, hearts of oak are our We always are ready, Steady, boys, steady! We'll fight, and we'll conquer again and again

We ne'er fee our foes but we wish them toft They never see us but they with us away If they run, why, we follow. & run then ash For if they wont fight us, we cannot do more

Hearts of oak, &c. They swear they'll invade us, these terrible foes! They frighten our women our children and beaux ; But should their flat bottoms in darkness get o'er, Still Britons they'll find to receive them on shore. Hearts of oak, &c.