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We're not long on recitation,

We're just rough and ready gobs,

But we rate ten gadgets higher

Than some smug civilian snobs.

When we're out on well-earned shore leave

Drummin' up a little cheer,

Oh, we meet sleek city dandies

Who object to sailors here.

They are togged in pretty shirts

Like a lady on parade,

And they wouldn't touch a sailor

With a hoe or with a spade.

We may not be ornamental

In the tinselled dancing halls,

When the nation needs defenders

We are there when duty calls.

Though we can't hob-nob with laggards

Who sleep in sheltered bed

And we can't enjoy peace pleasures,

We can join the hero dead.