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\par }\sb216\sl240\slmult1\nowidctlpar\adjustright \f0\fs26\expnd2\expndtw14\cgrid {Don't speak to me of heroes until you've heard the tale\line }{\expnd1\expndtw8\cgrid Of Britain's merchant seamen who sailed through storm and gale\line }{\expnd3
\expndtw18\cgrid To keep these lifelines open in our nation's hour of need\line }{\expnd0\expndtw0\cgrid When a tyrant cast a shadow across our island breed.
\par }\pard \s2\qc\sb468\nowidctlpar\adjustright \plain \cs3\fs26\expnd4\expndtw20\cgrid {Captains, Greasers, Cabin Boys, Mates and Engineers\line }{\expnd3\expndtw18\cgrid Heard the call of duty and cast aside their fears\line }{\expnd1\expndtw7\cgrid Th
ey stoked those hungry boilers and stood behind the wheel\line }{\expnd0\expndtw0\cgrid While Cooks and Stewards manned the guns on coffins made of steel.
\par }\qj\fi72\li792\ri792\sb396\nowidctlpar\adjustright \expnd1\expndtw8\cgrid {They moved in icy convoys from Scapa to Murmansk }{\expnd1\expndtw7\cgrid And crossed the Western Ocean never seeking thanks }{\expnd0\expndtw0\cgrid They sailed the South At
lantic where raiders lay in wait
\par }\fi0\li936\ri864\sb72\nowidctlpar\adjustright \expnd0\expndtw0\cgrid {And kept the food lines open from Malta to the Cape Tracked by silent U-Boats which hunted from below Shelled by mighty Cannons and fighters flying low.
\par }\pard \s4\qc\sb396\nowidctlpar\adjustright \plain \cs5\fs26\expnd1\expndtw7\cgrid {They clung to burning lifeboats where the sea had turned to flame\line }{\expnd3\expndtw16\cgrid And watched their shipmates disappear to everlasting fame.\line }{
\expnd2\expndtw13\cgrid They never knew the honour of medals on their chests\line }{\expnd3\expndtw15\cgrid Of marching bands and victory and glory and the rest\line }{\expnd2\expndtw13\cgrid The ocean is their resting place, their tombstone is the wind,
\line }{\expnd0\expndtw0\cgrid The Seabird's cry their last goodbye to family and friend.
\par }\pard \s2\qc\sb468\nowidctlpar\adjustright \plain \cs3\fs26\expnd4\expndtw20\cgrid {Freighters, Troopships, Liners and tankers by the score\line }{\expnd3\expndtw18\cgrid Fishing boats and coasters, 2,000 ships and more\line }{\expnd3\expndtw16
\cgrid Flew the Red Duster as they sank beneath the waves\line }{\expnd0\expndtw0\cgrid And took those courageous heroes to lonely ocean graves.
\par }\sb504\nowidctlpar\adjustright \expnd4\expndtw21\cgrid {I speak not of a handful but 30,000 plus\line }{\expnd1\expndtw8\cgrid Some whose names we'll never know in whom we placed our trust.\line }{\expnd2\expndtw13\cgrid Their legacy is freedom to t
hose who hold it dear\line }{\expnd2\expndtw12\cgrid To walk with clear horizons and never hide in fear\line }{\expnd3\expndtw19\cgrid So when you speak of heroes remember those at sea\line }{\expnd0\expndtw0\cgrid From Britain's Merchant Navy who died to
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