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Author: Sir Henry Newbolt (1862-1938)
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Note: titles are in bold and first lines are in italics
 A song of Exmoor (The Forest above and the Combe below) (from The Island Race) - C. Lloyd
A thousand years by sea and land C. Lloyd: Victoria Regina
Admiral Death (Boys, are ye calling a toast to-night?) (from The Island Race) - J. Williams, A. Gray
Admirals all (Effingham, Grenville, Raleigh, Drake) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - G. Bantock, E. Lee
After long lab'ring in the windy ways
(from The Island Race) C. Stanford: Homeward bound
Against oblivion (Cities drowned in olden time) (from Songs of Memory and Hope) - J. Western
Boys, are ye calling a toast to-night? (from The Island Race) J. Williams, A. Gray: Admiral Death
Cities drowned in olden time (from Songs of Memory and Hope) J. Western: Against oblivion
Dear Earth, near Earth, the clay that made us men
(from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) C. Stanford: Outward bound
Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain (Drake in the North Sea grimly prowling
) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - C. Stanford
Drake he was a Devon man, an' ruled the Devon seas (from Admirals All and Other Verses) L. Leonard: Plymouth hoe
C. Stanford, G. Bantock, G. Chadwick, S. Coleridge-Taylor, A. Farwell, W. Hedgcock, J. Wheeler, H. Wrightson: Drake's drum
Drake he's in his hammock and a thousand miles away
(from Admirals All and Other Verses) L. Leonard: Plymouth hoe
C. Stanford, G. Bantock, G. Chadwick, S. Coleridge-Taylor, A. Farwell, W. Hedgcock, J. Wheeler, H. Wrightson: Drake's drum
Drake in the North Sea grimly prowling
(from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) C. Stanford: Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain
Drake's drum (Drake he's in his hammock and a thousand miles away
) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - C. Stanford, G. Bantock, G. Chadwick, S. Coleridge-Taylor, A. Farwell, W. Hedgcock, J. Wheeler, H. Wrightson
Dreary lay the long road, dreary lay the town (from Poems: New and Old) R. Paget: The toy band
Effingham, Grenville, Raleigh, Drake (from Admirals All and Other Verses) G. Bantock, E. Lee: Admirals all
England! where the sacred flame (from The Island Race) C. Lloyd: Vigil
Fare well (Mother, with unbowed head
) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
Farewell (Mother, with unbowed head
) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) C. Stanford: Fare well
Finis (Night is come
) (from The Flying Carpet) - N. Swift
Gavotte (Memories long in music sleeping
) (from The Island Race) - H. Howells
Grasshoppers four a-fiddling went (from Poems: New and Old) C. Marillier, C. Mitchell: Rilloby-Rill
Hark ye, hark to the winding horn
(from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) J. Ireland: Hope the Hornblower
Hawke (In seventeen hundred and fifty-nine) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - C. Lloyd
He fell among thieves ("Ye have robbed," said he, "ye have slaughtered and made an end) (from The Island Race) - J. Jones
He gave us all a good-bye cheerily
(from The Island Race) E. Larson: Homeward bound
J. Dear, H. Löhr, H. Squire, L. Wier: Messmates
Homeward bound (After long lab'ring in the windy ways
) (from The Island Race) - C. Stanford
Homeward bound (He gave us all a good-bye cheerily
) (from The Island Race) - E. Larson
Hope the Hornblower (Hark ye, hark to the winding horn
) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - J. Ireland
In a blue dusk the ship astern (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) C. Stanford: The middle watch
In seventeen hundred and fifty-nine (from Admirals All and Other Verses) C. Lloyd: Hawke
It was eight bells ringing (from Admirals All and Other Verses) G. Bantock, J. Williams: The Fighting Téméraire
Laden with spoil of the South, fulfilled with the glory of achievement
(from The Island Race) M. Phillips: The Death of Admiral Blake
Memories long in music sleeping
(from The Island Race) H. Howells: Gavotte
Messmates (He gave us all a good-bye cheerily
) (from The Island Race) - J. Dear, H. Löhr, H. Squire, L. Wier
Mother, with unbowed head
(from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) C. Stanford: Fare well
Night is come
(from The Flying Carpet) N. Swift: Finis
Oh hear! Oh hear! Across the sullen tide (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet)
One by one the pale stars die before the day now
(from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) C. Stanford: Sailing at dawn
Outward bound (Dear Earth, near Earth, the clay that made us men
) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - C. Stanford
Play the game (There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - F. Aylward
Plymouth hoe (Drake he's in his hammock and a thousand miles away
) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - L. Leonard
Rilloby-Rill (Grasshoppers four a-fiddling went) (from Poems: New and Old) - C. Marillier, C. Mitchell
Sailing at dawn (One by one the pale stars die before the day now
) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
Song of the children in Paladore (To Aladore, to Aladore) (from Poems: New and Old) - G. Bantock
Song of the road - H. Davies [x]
Stand by to reckon up your battleships (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) C. Stanford: The little admiral
The Death of Admiral Blake (Laden with spoil of the South, fulfilled with the glory of achievement
) (from The Island Race) - M. Phillips
The Fighting Téméraire (It was eight bells ringing) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) - G. Bantock, J. Williams
The Forest above and the Combe below (from The Island Race) C. Lloyd: A song of Exmoor
The gay Gordons (Who's for the Gathering, who's for the Fair?
) (from The Island Race) - E. Lee
The grenadier's goodbye - W. Baines [x]
The King's Highway (When moonlight flecks the cruiser's decks) (from Poems: New and Old) - C. Stanford
The little admiral (Stand by to reckon up your battleships) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
The middle watch (In a blue dusk the ship astern) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
The "Old Superb" (The wind was rising easterly, the morning sky was blue
) (from The Island Race) - C. Stanford
The Old Superb (The wind was rising easterly, the morning sky was blue
) (from The Island Race) C. Stanford: The "Old Superb"
The sailing of the long-ships (They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) - F. Aylward
The song of the guns at sea (Oh hear! Oh hear! Across the sullen tide) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet)
The song of the sou'wester (The sun was lost in a leaden sky
) (from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) - C. Stanford
The sun was lost in a leaden sky
(from Poems: New and Old - Songs of the Fleet) C. Stanford: The song of the sou'wester
The toy band (Dreary lay the long road, dreary lay the town) (from Poems: New and Old) - R. Paget
The toy band: a song of the great retreat (Dreary lay the long road, dreary lay the town) (from Poems: New and Old) R. Paget: The toy band
The vigil (England! where the sacred flame) (from The Island Race) C. Lloyd: Vigil
The wind was rising easterly, the morning sky was blue
(from The Island Race) C. Stanford: The "Old Superb"
There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night (from Admirals All and Other Verses) F. Aylward: Play the game
They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) F. Aylward: The sailing of the long-ships
To Aladore, to Aladore (from Poems: New and Old) G. Bantock: Song of the children in Paladore
Victoria Regina (A thousand years by sea and land) - C. Lloyd
Vigil (England! where the sacred flame) (from The Island Race) - C. Lloyd
Vitaï Lampada (There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night) (from Admirals All and Other Verses) F. Aylward: Play the game
Waggon Hill (Drake in the North Sea grimly prowling
) (from The Sailing of the Long-Ships and Other Poems) C. Stanford: Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain
When moonlight flecks the cruiser's decks (from Poems: New and Old) C. Stanford: The King's Highway
Who's for the Gathering, who's for the Fair?
(from The Island Race) E. Lee: The gay Gordons
"Ye have robbed," said he, "ye have slaughtered and made an end (from The Island Race) J. Jones: He fell among thieves
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