Lyr. Add: Jack Ashore - Ladysmith, 1900
Cicely Fox Smith. Boer War Poem

Ten thousand British, twenty thousand foe,
Boers on a hilltop, shelling all they know,
Navy men and navy guns quick and cool to aim.
Fit and fresh from off the seas to play a Tommy's game.

Chorus-
On shore, off shore, a man in fighting trim,
Jack ashore and Jack afloat, it's all the same to him,
Jack afloat and Jack ashore, the same thro' thick and thin,
On the sea and off the sea, he always fights to win.

Bluejackets cheery hearty, true and strong,
Come to fight for England and bring the guns along.
Lords of all the outer deep bold in word and deed,
Full of fight from off the sea to help in Tommy's need.

Chorus:

Silence on the hilltop, guns that shell no more,
Shew that Jack the sailor's man of war ashore,
Here's to him by land and sea - men and guns and all,
Hearts of oak from off the seas to come to Tommy's call.

Eastern Province Herald, November 2, 1908.

From the days of British agression.

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