Author: Sir Henry Newbolt (1862-1938)

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After long lab'ring in the windy ways
S. Stanford: Homeward Bound

Dear Earth, near Earth, the clay that made us men
S. Stanford: Outward Bound

Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain (Drake in the North Sea grimly prowling) - S. Stanford
Drake he's in his hammock and a thousand miles away
S. Stanford: Drake's Drum

Drake in the North Sea grimly prowling
S. Stanford: Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain

Drake's Drum (Drake he's in his hammock and a thousand miles away) - S. Stanford
Gavotte (Memories long in music sleeping) - H. Howells
Hark ye, hark to the winding horn *
J. Ireland: Hope the Hornblower

Homeward Bound (After long lab'ring in the windy ways) - S. Stanford
Hope the Hornblower (Hark ye, hark to the winding horn) - J. Ireland *
Memories long in music sleeping
H. Howells: Gavotte

Outward Bound (Dear Earth, near Earth, the clay that made us men) - S. Stanford
The "Old Superb" (The wind was rising easterly, the morning sky was blue ) - S. Stanford
The wind was rising easterly, the morning sky was blue
S. Stanford: The "Old Superb"