Lyrics and translation June Tabor - The Royal Oak
As
we
was
sailing
all
on
the
salt
sea
Alors
que
nous
naviguions
sur
la
mer
salée
We
hadn't
sailed
months
past
two
or
three
Nous
n'avions
pas
navigué
plus
de
deux
ou
trois
mois
Long
before
we
saw
ten
sail
of
Turk
Avant
de
voir
dix
voiles
turques
All
men-o'-war
full
as
big
as
we
Tous
des
navires
de
guerre
aussi
grands
que
nous
"Pull
down
your
colours,
you
English
dogs!
« Abaissez
vos
couleurs,
chiens
anglais !
Pull
down
your
colours,
do
not
refuse
Abaissez
vos
couleurs,
ne
refusez
pas
Oh,
pull
down
your
colours,
you
English
dogs
Oh,
abaissez
vos
couleurs,
chiens
anglais
Or
else
your
precious
life
you'll
lose!"
Ou
vous
perdrez
votre
précieuse
vie !
And
our
captain
being
a
valiant
man
Et
notre
capitaine
étant
un
homme
courageux
And
a
well-bespoken
young
man
was
he
Et
un
jeune
homme
bien
parlé
était-il
"Oh,
it
never
shall
be
said
that
we
died
like
dogs
« Oh,
on
ne
dira
jamais
que
nous
sommes
morts
comme
des
chiens
But
we
will
fight
them
manfully!"
Mais
nous
les
combattrons
courageusement !
"Go
up,
you
lofty
cabin
boys
« Monte,
messieurs
les
mousses
du
gaillard
d'avant
And
mount
the
mainmast
topsail
high
Et
grimpez
au
mât
de
misaine,
au
sommet
de
la
grande
voile
For
to
spread
abroad
to
our
noble
fleet
Pour
signaler
notre
noble
flotte
We'll
run
the
risk
or
else
we'll
die!"
Nous
prendrons
le
risque,
ou
nous
mourrons !
The
fight
begun
'bout
six
in
the
morning
Le
combat
a
commencé
vers
six
heures
du
matin
And
unto
the
setting
of
the
sun
Et
jusqu'au
coucher
du
soleil
Oh,
and
at
the
rising
of
the
very
next
morning
Oh,
et
au
lever
du
lendemain
matin
Out
of
ten
ships
could
not
see
but
one
Sur
dix
navires,
il
n'en
restait
qu'un
Oh,
three
we
sank
and
three
we
burned
Oh,
nous
en
avons
coulé
trois
et
brûlé
trois
Three
we
caused
to
run
away
Trois
nous
avons
fait
fuir
And
one
we
brought
into
Portsmouth
harbour
Et
nous
en
avons
ramené
un
à
Portsmouth
For
to
let
them
know
we
had
won
the
day
Pour
qu'ils
sachent
que
nous
avions
remporté
la
victoire
And
if
anyone
then
should
enquire
Et
si
jamais
quelqu'un
se
renseigne
Or
want
to
know
our
captain's
name
Ou
veut
connaître
le
nom
de
notre
capitaine
Captain
Wellfounder
is
our
chief
commander
Le
capitaine
Wellfounder
est
notre
commandant
en
chef
But
the
Royal
Oak
is
our
ship
by
name
Mais
le
Chêne
Royal
est
le
nom
de
notre
navire
Rate the translation
1
Seeds of Love
2 Singing the Travels
3 Willie Taylor
4 Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron
5 Will Ye Go to Flanders
6 Mrs Rita
7 The Royal Oak
8 Roseville Fair
9 Joe Peel
10 Virginia's Bloody Soil
11 King of Rome
12 Four Loom Weaver
13 Casey's Last Ride
14 What Will We Do
15 Skewball
16 The Fair Maid of Wallington
17 Geordie
18 Behind the Wall
19 Beat the Retreat
20 Fine Horseman
21 Hunting the Cutty Wren
22 Anachie Gordon
23 The Wind and Rain / The Falls of Richmond
24 Eights and Aces
25 The Baker
26 This Is Always
27 Queen Cruelty
28 Hug Pine
29 The Nurse, Dorothy Nichol / The Long Long Trail / The Reaper
30 Cold and Raw / Down the Hill
31 Illusions
32 The Week Before Easter
33 Gypsum Davey
34 Buried in Killenny
35 The Late Passenger / Unicorns
36 The Overgate
37 Love Henry / The Cherokee Shuffle
38 Zaida's Poem
2 Singing the Travels
3 Willie Taylor
4 Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron
5 Will Ye Go to Flanders
6 Mrs Rita
7 The Royal Oak
8 Roseville Fair
9 Joe Peel
10 Virginia's Bloody Soil
11 King of Rome
12 Four Loom Weaver
13 Casey's Last Ride
14 What Will We Do
15 Skewball
16 The Fair Maid of Wallington
17 Geordie
18 Behind the Wall
19 Beat the Retreat
20 Fine Horseman
21 Hunting the Cutty Wren
22 Anachie Gordon
23 The Wind and Rain / The Falls of Richmond
24 Eights and Aces
25 The Baker
26 This Is Always
27 Queen Cruelty
28 Hug Pine
29 The Nurse, Dorothy Nichol / The Long Long Trail / The Reaper
30 Cold and Raw / Down the Hill
31 Illusions
32 The Week Before Easter
33 Gypsum Davey
34 Buried in Killenny
35 The Late Passenger / Unicorns
36 The Overgate
37 Love Henry / The Cherokee Shuffle
38 Zaida's Poem
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