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We were Prince Henry's gentlemen— His gentlemen were we, To dare the gods of Heathendom, Whoever they might be— To do our master's sovereign will Upon a trackless sea.

We were Prince Henry's gentlemen, And undismayed we went To fight for Lusitania Wherever we were sent— The stars had laid our course for us, And we were well content.

We were Prince Henry's gentlemen, And though our flagship lie Where white the great-winged albatross Came wheeling down the sky, Or black abysses yawned for us, We could not fear to die.

We were Prince Henry's gentlemen— Around the Cape of Wrath We sailed our wooden cockleshells— Great pride the pilot hath To voyage to-day the Indian Sea— But we marked out his path!

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