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Chant traditionnel de la Royal Navy donnant le point de vu du Mathurin britannique sur un voyage en Espagne

Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish ladies, (alt : "...fair Spanish ladies")
Farewell and adieu to you, ladies of Spain ;
For we have received orders (alt : "...’re under orders")
For to sail to old England,
But we hope in a short time to see you again. (alt : "And we may ne’er see you fair ladies again.")

(Chorus :)
We’ll rant and we’ll roar, like true British sailors,
We’ll rant and we’ll roar across the salt seas ; (alt : "We’ll range and we’ll roam all on the salt seas ;")
Until we strike soundings
In the Channel of old England,
From Ushant to Scilly ’tis thirty-five leagues.

Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at the sou’west, my boys, (alt : "We hove our ship to, with the wind from sou’west, boys,")
Then we hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear ; (alt : "...deep soundings to take ;" "...for to make soundings clear ;")
Then we filled the main topsail (alt : "’Twas 45 fathoms with a white sandy bottom")
And bore right away, my boys, (alt : "So we squared our main yard")
And straight up the Channel of old England did steer. (alt : "And up channel did make." or "...did steer")

So the first land we made, it is called the Deadman, (alt : "The first land we sighted was callèd the Dodman")
Next Ram Head, off Plymouth, Start, Portland, and the Wight ; (alt : "Next Rame Head off Plymouth, Start, Portland, and Wight ;")
We sailèd by Beachy, (alt : "We sailed by Beachy / by Fairlight and Dover")
By Fairly and Dungeness,
And then bore away for the South Foreland light. (alt : "Until we brought to for..." or "And then we bore up for...")

Now the signal it was made for the grand fleet to anchor (alt : "Then the signal was made...")
All in the Downs that night for to meet ; (alt : "...that night for to lie ;")
Then stand by your stoppers, (alt : "Let go your shank painter, / Let go your cat stopper")
See clear your shank painters,
Hawl all your clew garnets, stick out tacks and sheets. (alt : "Haul up your clewgarnets, let tack and sheets fly")

Now let every man take off his full bumper, (alt : "Now let ev’ry man drink off his full bumper,")
Let every man take off his full bowl ; (alt : "And let ev’ry man drink off his full glass ;")
For we will be jolly (alt : "We’ll drink and be jolly")
And drown melancholy,
With a health to each jovial and true hearted soul. (alt : "And here’s to the health of each true-hearted lass.")