When Britain's sons to arms are led (James Brooks)
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- (Posted 2023-05-30) CPDL #73951:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-05-30). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 379 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
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General Information
Title: When Britain's sons to arms are led
Composer: James Brooks
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: solo high
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
First published: c.1800 (n/d)
Description: "Sung by Mr Dignum at Vauxhall with the greatest applause".
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Original text and translations
English text
When Britain's sons to arms are led,
And waving banners bear,
They leave their friends at home to dread,
And feel no thought of fear.
To guard old England's sacred right
And curb each hostile band,
With firmness and with zeal they fight
For this, their native land.
And when the trumpet's loud alarms
Proclaim the danger near,
With more than lightning speed, to arms
The British youths appear.
Resolv'd to conquer or to die,
They meet, unawed, the foe;
Tho' Fate holds out her destiny,
Their hearts with valour glow.