A British tar is a soaring soul, br As free as a mountain bird, br His energetic fist should be ready to resist br A dictatorial word. br His nose should pant and his lip should curl, br His cheeks should flame and his brow should furl, br His bosom should heave and his heart should glow, br And his fist be ever ready for a knock-down blow. br br His eyes should flash with an inborn fire, br His brow with scorn be rung; br He never should bow down to a domineering frown, br Or the tang of a tyrant tongue.