We hove our ship to for to strike soundings clear,
Then we filled our main-tops’l and bore right away, boys,
And right up the Channel our course we did steer.
Chorus—We’ll rant and we’ll roar, etc.
The first land we made it is known as the Deadman,
Next Ram Head near Plymouth, Start, Portland, and Wight;
We sailed past Beachy, past Fairley and Dungeness,
And then bore away for the South Foreland Light.
Chorus—We’ll rant and we’ll roar, etc.
Then the signal was made for the grand fleet to anchor