UNDER THE PERISCOPE
IWe know the ships of Carthage,We know how history speaks,We know the Roman galleys,The triremes of the Greeks.We know the cogs and frigates,The privateers and sloops,We know the line-of-battle ships,And lofty Spanish poops.IIWe know the great Armada,We know the ships of Drake,We know the three-decked wooden walls,Of Nelson’s battle wake.We know the Super-Dreadnoughts,We know the cruisers lean;But, save our foes, speak up, who knowsThe British Submarine?
IWe know the ships of Carthage,We know how history speaks,We know the Roman galleys,The triremes of the Greeks.We know the cogs and frigates,The privateers and sloops,We know the line-of-battle ships,And lofty Spanish poops.IIWe know the great Armada,We know the ships of Drake,We know the three-decked wooden walls,Of Nelson’s battle wake.We know the Super-Dreadnoughts,We know the cruisers lean;But, save our foes, speak up, who knowsThe British Submarine?
I
We know the ships of Carthage,We know how history speaks,We know the Roman galleys,The triremes of the Greeks.We know the cogs and frigates,The privateers and sloops,We know the line-of-battle ships,And lofty Spanish poops.
We know the ships of Carthage,
We know how history speaks,
We know the Roman galleys,
The triremes of the Greeks.
We know the cogs and frigates,
The privateers and sloops,
We know the line-of-battle ships,
And lofty Spanish poops.
II
We know the great Armada,We know the ships of Drake,We know the three-decked wooden walls,Of Nelson’s battle wake.We know the Super-Dreadnoughts,We know the cruisers lean;But, save our foes, speak up, who knowsThe British Submarine?
We know the great Armada,
We know the ships of Drake,
We know the three-decked wooden walls,
Of Nelson’s battle wake.
We know the Super-Dreadnoughts,
We know the cruisers lean;
But, save our foes, speak up, who knows
The British Submarine?