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Cheer, boys, cheer. No more of idle sorrow, Courage true hearts, shall bear us on our way Hope points before and shows the bright tomorrow, Let us forget the darkness of today So, farewell England! Much as we may love thee We'll dry the tears that we have shed before Why should we weep to sail in search of fortune? Farewell England! Farewell for evermore. Chorus: Cheer, boys, cheer! For England, Mother England Cheer, boys, cheer! The willing strong right hand Cheer, boys, cheer! There's wealth for honest labour Cheer, boys, cheer! For the new and happy land. Cheer, boys, cheer! The steady wind is blowing To float as freely o'er the ocean's breast The world shall follow in the track we're going The star of Empire glitters in the West Here we had toil and little to reward it But there shall plenty smile upon our pain And ours shall be the prairie and the forest And boundless meadows ripe with golden grain. Chorus: Cheer, boys, cheer! For England, Mother England Cheer, boys, cheer! United heart and hand Cheer, boys, cheer! There's wealth for honest labour Cheer, boys, cheer! For the new and happy land. |
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Written and composed by Charles MacKay & Henry Russell - 1852 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performed by Henry Russell (1812-1900) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performed by Harry Anderson (1857-1918) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performed by Harry Freeman (1858-1922) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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