Drake's Drum

He was born to the life of a captain
And for England to dominate the sea
He had sailed around the world for his homeland
And had routed port and ship of the Spanish navy
He had saved British shores from the Armada
Then in 1596 he died at sea
They comitted his body to the ocean
That he'd given all his life to keeping free

Chorus
At the beating of the drum he will return
Will return
At the beating of the drum he will return
When our England faces war, beat the drum on Plymouth shore
At the beating of the drum he will return

As Captain Blake he led the fleet of the Commonwealth
And Jamaica fell to the guns of his British fleet
He was to die aboard his ship in Plymouth water
Having sunk the Spanish fleet at Tenerife
He as Nelson led the fleet against the Frenchmen
And destroyed Napoleon's ships at Abukir Bay
At the Battle of Trafalgar nelson wounded
Died in victory on England's finest day

At Scapa Flow 1918 the German High Fleet
Was surrounded by the British Navy's guns
Until surrender on the high seas was completed
All the British heard the beating of the drum

© John Richards

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