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29
LOVE PEACE, BUT FOR WAR BE READY.
You landsmen are weakly prating
That our island needs no defence;
You'd trust that no foes are hating
Our power; that's want of sense;
But to this be our statesmen steady,
However you prate and fuss,
Love peace, but for war be ready,
For that's the motto for us.
That our island needs no defence;
You'd trust that no foes are hating
Our power; that's want of sense;
But to this be our statesmen steady,
However you prate and fuss,
Love peace, but for war be ready,
For that's the motto for us.
But fools and madmen are longing
That we shall be forced to fight;
If you say, we want war, you're wronging
Our wishes that long for right;
But to this be our statesmen steady,
Whoever may prate and fuss,
Love peace, but for war be ready,
For that's the motto for us.
That we shall be forced to fight;
If you say, we want war, you're wronging
Our wishes that long for right;
But to this be our statesmen steady,
Whoever may prate and fuss,
Love peace, but for war be ready,
For that's the motto for us.
30
Our fleet must be what we're needing,
One that safety for us makes sure;
That, the force of the world undreading,
Shall make us more than secure;
For to this be our statesmen steady,
Whoever may prate and fuss,
Love peace, but for war be ready,
For that's the motto for us.
One that safety for us makes sure;
That, the force of the world undreading,
Shall make us more than secure;
For to this be our statesmen steady,
Whoever may prate and fuss,
Love peace, but for war be ready,
For that's the motto for us.
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