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The Sailors Hornpipe and Rule Britannia! |
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The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the |
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British armed services (and is therefore known as the |
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Senior Service). From the mid -1700s until well into the |
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20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, |
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playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as |
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the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s. |
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The usual tune for the Sailor's Hornpipe was first |
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printed as the "College Hornpipe" in 1797 or 1798 by J. |
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Dale of London. It was found in manuscript collections |
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before then for instance the fine syncopated version in |
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the William Vickers manuscript, written on Tyneside, |
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dated 1770. The dance imitates the life of a sailor and |
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their duties aboard ship. Due to the small space that the |
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dance required, and no need for a partner, the dance was |
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popular on-board ship. |
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"Rule, Britannia!" is a British patriotic song, |
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originating from the poem "Rule, Britannia" by James |
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Thomson and set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740. It is |
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strongly associated with the Royal Navy, but also used by |
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the British Army. |
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Rule Britannia Lyrics: |
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When Britain first, at Heaven's command |
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Arose from out the azure main; |
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This was the charter of the land, |
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And guardian angels sang this strain: |
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"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves: |
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"Britons never will be slaves." |
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The nations, not so blest as thee, |
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Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall; |
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While thou shalt flourish great and free, |
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The dread and envy of them all. |
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"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves: |
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"Britons never will be slaves." |
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Still more majestic shalt thou rise, |
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More dreadful, from each foreign stroke; |
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As the loud blast that tears the skies, |
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Serves but to root thy native oak. |
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"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves: |
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"Britons never will be slaves." |
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Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame: |
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All their attempts to bend thee down, |
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Will but arouse thy generous flame; |
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But work their woe, and thy renown. |
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"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves: |
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"Britons never will be slaves." |
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To thee belongs the rural reign; |
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Thy cities shall with commerce shine: |
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All thine shall be the subject main, |
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And every shore it circles thine. |
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"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves: |
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"Britons never will be slaves." |
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The Muses, still with freedom found, |
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Shall to thy happy coast repair; |
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Blest Isle! With matchless beauty crown'd, |
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And manly hearts to guard the fair. |
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"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves: |
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"Britons never will be slaves." |
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Date Published: 2024-05-12 11:34:25 |
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Identifier: youtube-HMAwa4Nlrbo |
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