Vale Britannia
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Once it was rule Britannia Britannia rules the waves In verse and song the words rang out Britons never shall be slaves Vale Britannia Your mighty fleets and men-o-war Guarded Britain's shores Your ships and men patrolled the seas And fought in many wars Vale Brutannia The Empire upon which the Sun did not set Was spread throughout the world From the Indies to far easstern ports The Ensign was unfurled Vale Britannia First ships of oak to those of steel From sail to nuclear powers Your ships and men protected home Through Britain's darkest hours Vale Britannia And so it was for many years The vigil was maintained Your record as a guardian force Made sure the a shield was sustained Vale Britannia Many ports once knew your ships Including those at home With Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham Where mateloes once did roam Vale Britannia But now your might and glory Is sadly on the wane The ships and men are all but gone Never to be seen again Vale Britannia All that remains is a residue Of what was a powerful force The ravages of time and age Have finally run their course Vale Britannia The ships now phantoms of the waves The men all spirits too No ships that they could once call home No men to form a crew Vale Britannia Their ghosts must wander Union Street The Long Bar in old Plymouth town No doubt in Queen Street's pubs as well With a pint in the Rose and Crown Vale Britannia No more the land of the immortal bard 'This fortress built by Nature for herself' Lost not by war but open doors Allowing defeat by stealth Vale Britannia No doubt that those who served you well Will shed some silent tears For all the years of tradition Now gone after so many years Vale Britannia And so it's vale Britannia No longer ruler of the sea Instead the words that now apply Are Britannia RIP Vale Britannia |
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Author: Anon
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