Key: G major•
Verse 1
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Out in an English harbor waits
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an old but rugged ship
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she can make her trip
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A- searchin' the streets & gutters
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so the Defiant could set sail
Verse 2
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Called for headstruck daughters
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but for all the good men too
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Italy was her destiny
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To escort back a convoy that was
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helpless on the sea
Verse 3
HMS Defiant sailed to
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live up to her name
There was no word of mutiny aboard,
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but who was there to blame?
Verse 4
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the French approached; the Defiant had to fight
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chest of jewels aboard
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Along with the Frenchmen who ad
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vised Napoleon under his sword
Verse 5
not a man to care
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The first lieutenant took com
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mand with mutiny in the air
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Evans & Vazar
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Commanded the mutineers to take the
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ship where they desired
Verse 6
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(chorus)
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The
English were surrounded
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With love for England the mutineers
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turned to fight with all their might
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A pardon keepin' the mutineers from making
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the French retreat
Verse 7
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HMS Defiant sailed to live up
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to her name
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The word of mutiny now was gone
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& no man was to blame
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