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Iron Navy 
Iron Navy 
(D. Brainerd Williamson, James W. Porter) 
O give us a navy of iron And to man it our Yankee lads And we'll conquer the world's broad oceans With our navy of iron clads Then adieu to Britannia's power We'll crush it whenever we please The lion shall yeld to the eagle And Columbia shall rule the sea's 
Old England the foe of our fathers The foe of their children today Is gloating in hopes that our Union In darkness is passing away But treason shall die in its ashes And stronger than ever before We'll turn on the jealous old tyrant And punish John bull at his door 
And where in the wide world a nation That could cope with out iron jacks! We would sweep all their seas and harbors Of their warriors and Merrimacs Then give us a navy of iron And we'll fling our flag to the breeze And prove to the despots of Europe That freedom must reign on the seas. 
Refrain O give us a navy of iron And to man it our Yankee lads And we'll conquer the world's broad oceans With our navy of iron clads Then adieu to Britannia's power We'll crush it whenever we please The lion shall yeld to the eagle And Columbia shall rule the seas 
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