Cheer, boys, cheer, no more of idle sorrow,

Courage, true hearts shall bear us on our way,

Hope points before, and shows a bright to-morrow,

Let us forget the darkness of to-day.

Then farewell England, much as we may love thee,

We’ll dry the tears that we have shed before;

We’ll not weep to sail in search of fortune,

Then farewell England, farewell evermore.

CHORUS.

Then cheer, boys, cheer for England, mother England,