HMS Hood 1818

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com

When HMS Hood went down in the deep

That was the news that made mothers weep

For the sons who had fought for a country so proud

Were down there below with the sea as their shroud

They're sleeping in heavenly peace, sleeping in heavenly peace

Then came George V, the Prince of Wales too

They took in hand what the Hood had to do

The Suffolk, the Norfolk, the Cossack as well

Along with the Rodney shelled Bismarck to hell

They sank that ship, oh, we're glad; but for our lads we feel sad

So mothers and wives and sweethearts, be proud

Though your dear lads have the sea as their shroud

They were fighting for freedom, let's never forget

The freedom they fought for will be won yet

They're sleeping in heavenly peace, sleeping in heavenly peace

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com