We've Got a Navy, the British Navy

DESCRIPTION: "We've got a navy, the British navy To keep our foes at bay. Our old song 'Britannia rules the waves' We still may sing today. We've got a navy, a fighting navy, Our neighbors know it too... [about] Those lively little lads in navy blue"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: navy sailor patriotic
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, pp. 164-165, "We've Got a Navy, the British Navy" (1 text)
NOTES [37 words]: Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood's notes say this is from "The Lads in Navy Blue," but Roud says that this is "probably not" that song, and I incline to agree. But Roud has not assigned it an independent number. - RBW
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