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VGW(HU.751.021
7 Mar 1751:22 (10)
A NEW BALLAD ON THE BRITISH HERRING FISHERY, to the tune of
----Packington's Pound.
Ye Britons be merry, because you're grown wise,
Look back with disdain on your indolence past:
Our Parliament lately has open'd its eyes,
And sees our true strength and true treasure at last.
From this happy hour,
Tho' our fiends may look four,
We are, and we will be the maritime power.
[chorus]
For Britain's determin'd her rights to maintain;
And the fish make her the Queen of the Main.
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