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Churchill
sails into Scapa and revels in the knowledge that all of a sudden he has
an unfeasibly large navy at his disposal.
The boat touched the land the spangled stone strand
that rimmed the bay
From the deep mid-Atlantic salt flecked the foam and the spray
There were red-coated soldiers there waiting to take me away
And sea pinks and boulders on hand to attend our parade
Land sea and sky all my horizons defined
Land sea and sky here on my island are all my uprisings confined
Makeshift meals come and go with the ebb and the flow of the tide
Brought by garrulous guardsmen to garrison duty assigned
Last year's campaigners haggard and hung out to dry
On the ragged stone ramparts that are pock-marked and speckled with flies
Land sea and sky all my horizons defined
To land sea and sky before my arrival resigned
Land sea and sky before my arrival more able and wiser was I
The first sea lord has closed the channel ports
Behind the barriers our battered groups withdrew
Now towards points north the telegraph reports
Our slate grey ships are on the move
Land sea and sky along the horizon they slide
Land sea and sky along the horizon storm clouds are rising tonight
The home fleet weighed and Nelson Hood and Drake
On station set to seaward once again
Now all around the coast the armour-plated ghosts
Of iron-clads are rattling their chains
Land sea and sky from all four horizons arrive
Land sea and sky from all our horizons for our survival provide
The dreadnoughts lay in rows across the breadth of scapa flow
From Rammersey to Hoy and Barrow sound
All my old friends were there Superb and Temeraire
Ramilles Ark Royal and Renown
Land sea and sky to all four horizons are mine
Land sea and sky to all four horizons turn into diamonds and shine
Chords:
Intro./Chorus F# E
Verse A D E A
Instr. A F# D E
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