 | Loyalist - 1803 - 344 sider
...boys, steady ; We '11 fight and we '11 conquer again and again. 2. We ne'er find our foes but we press them to stay ; They never see us but they wish us away : Whene'er they run off, boys, we '11 drive them ashore ; For, if they won't face us, we can do no... | |
 | 1816
...before two o'clock in the afternoon, the wags in the navy called him the (ale Lord Chatham. We never see our foes but we wish them to stay, They never see us but they with us away, We'll fight and we'll conquer again, could not comprehend the improvement of reversing... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 320 sider
...our men; We always are ready, Steady, boys, steady, We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again. We ne'er see our foes but we wish them to stay, They...follow, and run them ashore, For if they wont fight us what can we do more. Hearts of oak, &c. They swear they'll invade us, these terrible foes ! They frighten... | |
 | 1816 - 598 sider
...(wo o'clock in the afternoon, the wags in the navy called him the ¡ate Lord Chatham. We never sec our foes but we wish them to stay, They never see us but they with us away, We'll fight and we'll conquer again, could not comprehend the improvement of reversin::... | |
 | Giuseppe Pecchio - 1833 - 554 sider
...boys, steady, We'll fight and we'll conquer, again and again ! " We ne'er see our foes but we wish 'em to stay; They never see us but they wish us away ; If they run, why we follow, and run 'em ashore, For if they won't fight us, what can we do more ? Hearts of oak, &c. " They swear they'll... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1839 - 310 sider
...great boasters ; but are we far behind them ? One of our most popular songs runs as follows : — " We ne'er see our foes, but we wish them to stay; They never see us, but they wish us away." \V hat can be more bragging, or more untrue, than the words of these lines ? In the same way in England... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1839 - 306 sider
...far behind them ? One of our most popular songs runs as follows :— " We ne'er see our foes, but wo wish them to stay; They never see us, but they wish us away." What can be more bragging, or more untrue, than the words of these lines ? In the same way in England... | |
 | Charles Dibdin - 1841 - 406 sider
...our men, We always are ready ; Steady, boys, steady! We'll fight and we'll conquer again, and again. We ne'er see our foes but we wish them to stay, They...but they wish us away ; If they run, why we follow, or run them ashore ; For if they won't fight us we cannot do more. Heart of oak, &c. They swear they'll... | |
 | Ben (grandpa, pseud.) - 1843 - 392 sider
...scanning the whole horizon, others ascending the rigging, and every one anxious to see them first. We ne'er see our foes but we wish them to stay, They never see ut but they wish u< away ; If they run, why we follow, and run them ashore, And if they won't fight... | |
 | Ben (grandpa, pseud.) - 1848 - 398 sider
...others ascending the rigging, and every one anxious to see them first. 254 STRENGTH OF EACH FLEET. We ne'er see our foes but we wish them to stay, They...; If they run, why we follow, and run them ashore, And if they won't fight us .we cannot do more. HEABTS OF OAK. The English force amounted to ten sail... | |
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We ne'er see our foes but we wish them to stay, They never see us but they wish us away... 
