Heart of Oak - David Keith Jones

Perhaps it should be noted that "Harlequin's Invasion" from which this was taken was a pantomime... and that both Garrick and Boyce were artists of the highest calibre in their time. In fact I can't imagine Boyce even writing this - he was incredibly gentle in manner and wrote music of quite extraordinary emotional depth. But he had to keep the pennies rolling in I guess!

Thanks for your perceptive comment and I'm inclined to agree with you. But it's a jolly tune.

We never see the French but we wish them to stay,
They always see us and they wish us away;
If they run, we will follow, we will drive them ashore,
And if they won't fight, we can do no more.

Actually its not captain picard who sings this in star trek. but its a replica of him, at that time the real picard is held captive. im not trying to be an asshole or anything. thx for the video.

No offence taken. Thanks for viewing and the comment. My daughter tells me that several Star Trek plots were based on Shakespeare.

the Pacific  'ventures......

a ship like this can only function with hand picked self disciplined crew. a human machine that needs no orders. it just functions smoothly.

1:08 isn't a british ship But the USS Constitution

I thought I saw a few other american flags but i can't be sure

Well spotted. This song is also a favourite of the Canadian navy and elsewhere outside the UK. Thanks for viewing.

Actually that makes perfect sense, this song was very popular in Colonial America.