"We were free, we're bold, we're true hearts of gold"
— Stevens, George Alexander (1710?-1784)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Williams [etc.]
Date
1767
Metaphor
"We were free, we're bold, we're true hearts of gold"
Metaphor in Context
SONG.
To the tune, Long live, and chorus.
[I.]
Tho' we're off many leagues, against all intrigues,
As true subjects of Britain we'll pray,
Spite of faction and France, may our standards advance,
And with conquests Old England, huzza.
II.
We were free, we're bold, we're true hearts of gold,
When our ensign the ocean could sway,
We are sons of those men, can do it again,
And again we'll Old England huzza.
III.
May our monarch king George, every foe round him scourge,
And may we boys behold that bless'd day,
Tho' in fight when we fall, with three cheers one and all
For Old England we'll dying huzza.
To the tune, Long live, and chorus.
[I.]
Tho' we're off many leagues, against all intrigues,
As true subjects of Britain we'll pray,
Spite of faction and France, may our standards advance,
And with conquests Old England, huzza.
II.
We were free, we're bold, we're true hearts of gold,
When our ensign the ocean could sway,
We are sons of those men, can do it again,
And again we'll Old England huzza.
III.
May our monarch king George, every foe round him scourge,
And may we boys behold that bless'd day,
Tho' in fight when we fall, with three cheers one and all
For Old England we'll dying huzza.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "gold" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
05/25/2005
