A British Tar Is A Soaring Soul lyrics

Artist  : Gilbert & Sullivan 
Song : A British Tar Is A Soaring Soul
 


("Ralph", "Boatswain" and the "Carpenter"
together:)

A British tar is a soaring
soul,
As free as a mountain bird,
His
energetic fist should be ready to resist
A
dictatorial word.

("Ralph", "Boatswain"
and the "Carpenter" at different
levels:)

His nose should should
pant,
and his lip should curl,
His cheeks
should flame,
and his brow should furl,
His
bosom should heave,
and his heart should glow
(protrude),
And his fist be ever ready
for
a knock-down blow...

(All:)

His
nose should pant and his lip should curl,
His
cheeks should flame and his brow should
furl,
His bosom should heave and his heart
should glow,
And his fist be ever ready for a
knock-down blow.

("Ralph", "Boatswain" and
the "Carpenter" together:)

His eyes should
flash with an inborn fire,
His brow with scorn
be wrung;
He never should bow down to a
domineering frown,
Or the tang of a tyrant
tongue.

("Ralph", "Boatswain" and the
"Carpenter" at different levels:)

His foot
should stamp,
and his throat should
growl,
His hair should twirl,
and his face
should scowl,
His eyes should flash,
and
his breast protrude,
And this should be his
costomary attitude.

(All:)

His foot
should stamp, and his throat should growl,
His
hair should twirl, and his face should
scowl;
His eyes should flash, and his breast
protrude,
And this should be his customary
attitude,
His attitude,
His
attitude,
His attitude!