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E thankful, O ye Britons,

be cheerful, and rejoice,

Long wiſhed for bleſſings now combine,

to gratify your choice.

Meager wants now diſappear,

and Plenty takes its place;

And bloody wars, with all its ills,

gives way to ſmiling peace.

Rejoice and ſing, whilſt bells do ring,

and hail that happy day;

That France and Britain did agree,

no more to kill and lay.

Reports of fights and ſieges,

no more aſſails our ears;

No more the Son's diſaſtrous fate,

calls for the Mother's tears.

The Sailor's Wife her abſent Spouſe,

no more in tears of grief will mourn;

And children will no more deſpair,

their father's ſafe return.

Chor. Rejoice and ſing, &c.