A British Tar Is A Soaring Soul

Act II, A British Tar Is A Soaring Soul - D'Oyly Carte Opera Company/Henry A Lytton/Sullivan/Gilbert/George Baker

A British tar is a soaring soul

As free as a mountain bird

His energetic fist should be ready to resist

A dictatorial word

His nose should should pant

And his lip should curl

His cheeks should flame

And his brow should furl

His bosom should heave

And his heart should glow

And his fist be ever ready

For a knock-down blow

His nose should pant and his lip should curl

His cheeks should flame and his brow should furl

His bosom should heave and his heart should glow

And his fist be ever ready for a knock-down blow

His eyes should flash with an inborn fire

His brow with scorn be wrung

He never should bow down to a domineering frown

Or the tang of a tyrant tongue

And His foot should stamp should stamp

And his throat should growl

His hair should twirl

And his face should scowl

His eyes should flash

And his breast protrude

And this should be his costomary attitude

His foot should stamp and his throat should growl

His hair should twirl and his face should scowl

His eyes should flash and his breast protrude

And this should be his customary attitude

His attitude

His attitude

His attitude