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We sail big boats but they make us cry

The survivor of the wreck told I

The White Ship went down with the heir to the crown

The ship hit a rock and a leak got sprung

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Cos they took a chance when they sailed home from France

They set off in the dark

They thought it was a lark

The crew were drunk, my heir got sunk

Didn't make it to shore, now there's gonna be war

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Hey, nobles (Yeah!)

Nobles (Yeah!)

Who'll be king now when I die?

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I use big boats when I'm fighting France

But with one took too much of a chance

The Mary Rose got binned when she turned in the wind

The water poured in and she got sunk

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The gun ports weren't closed, sailors got hosed

Lucky like a no-leafed clover

When the ship tilted over

She went down, 400 drowned

But the French Armada, they achieved nada!

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Cos we've got other boats (Yeah!)

Boats (Yeah!)

We like big boats (Yeah!)

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I built big boats to put Sweden on the map

The first launch and the crowd began to clap

The Vasa was a beaut, it cost a ton of loot

One gust of wind and she got sunk!

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Errors when it was built made the ship over-tilt

Its hatches split asunder

And the water dragged her under

Would have helped us rule the seas

But was sunk by a gentle breeze

As the world stood and watched

They saw our plans botched

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Hey, you (Yeah!)

Did you see the boat go down? (Yeah!)

Fancy pretending it didn't happen? (No. No.) Worth a try

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We had big boats but they made us cry

High hopes but things went awry

The memory makes us wince

Cos our ships took a rinse

But they're legends ever since

Cos these ships... got... sunk!

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