Yo ho, ye men of Sulniac!

We ship to-day at Vannes,

We sail upon a glorious track

To seek an Englishman.

Our saucy sloop the Surveillante

Must keep the seaways clear

From Ushant in the north to Nantes:

Aboard her, timoneer!

See, yonder is the British craft

That seeks to break blockade;