Reply #28: Another for the Royal Navy [View All]

[tjwmason]

Looks like we could infiltrate it very well...well maybe not.

"Come cheer up me lads, 'tis to glory we steer,
A prize more than all to an Englishman dear.
To honour we call you, as freemen not slaves,
For who are so free as the sons of the waves.
Hearts of oak are our ships,
Jolly tars are our men,
We always are ready,
Steady boys, steady,
We'll fight and we'll conquer again, and again."

The fact that they have a pretty cool song does feature, not the words so much as the music (see above) - and I damn well hope I wouldn't be on a ship made of oak...though H.M.S. Victory is still technically a serving naval vessel, and would be a pretty easy job.

I've got lots of family history connected with the sea (though more as fishermen than as Tars), and I still feel a romantic pull to it now and then. Also, like A.S. says above, the Navy does seem to be more involved in humanitarian missions - which is definitely a good thing.