Quelltext der Seite Heart of Oak

[[Heart of Oak]] ist ein [[Lied]], das [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picards]] [[Duplikat]] im [[Zehn Vorne]] singt. Es ist ein altes englisches Volkslied.  ({{TNG|Versuchskaninchen}}) 

Der Text von „Heart of Oak“ lautet:

<q>Come cheer up, my lads! 'tis to glory we steer,
<br>To add something more to this wonderful year;
<br>To honour we call you, not press you like slaves,
<br>For who are so free as the sons of the waves?

''Chorus:''
<br>Heart of oak are our ships, heart of oak are our men;
<br>We always are ready, steady, boys, steady!
<br>We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again.</q>


==Hintergrundinformationen==
Zu hören ist in der oben genanten Folge nur die erste Strophe und der erste Refrain. Tatsächlich wurde der englische Text 1759 vom damals berühmten Schauspieler David Garrick (1716-1779) geschrieben (siehe [http://www.contemplator.com/england/heartoak.html hier]). Die weiteren Zeilen lauten dort:

<q>We ne'er see our foes but we wish them to stay,
<br>They never see us but they wish us away;
<br>If they run, why we follow, and run them ashore,
<br>For if they won't fight us, we cannot do more.

''Chorus''
<br>They swear they'll invade us, these terrible foes,
<br>They frighten our women, our children, and beaus;
<br>But should their flat bottoms in darkness get o'er,
<br>Still Britons they'll find to receive them on shore.

''Chorus''
<br>We'll still make them fear, and we'll still make them flee,
<br>And drub 'em on shore, as we've drubb'd 'em at sea;
<br>Then cheer up, my lads! with one heart let us sing:
<br>Our soldiers, our sailors, our statesmen and Queen.</q>

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