Now give three cheers / I am the monarch of the seas - Act I

[CAPTAIN]
Now give three cheers, I’ll lead the way.
Hurrah! Hurrah!

[ALL]
Hurray! hurray! hurray!

(Enter Sir Joseph with Cousin Hebe.)

[JOSEPH]
I am the monarch of the sea,
The ruler of the Queen’s Navee,
Whose praise Great Britain loudly chants.

[HEBE]
And we are his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!

[RELATIVES]
And we are his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!

[ALL]
And they are his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!

[JOSEPH]
When at anchor here I ride,
My bosom swells with pride,
And I snap my fingers at a foeman’s taunts;

[HEBE]
And so do his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!

[ALL]
And so do his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!

[JOSEPH]
But when the breezes blow,
I generally go below,
And seek the seclusion that a cabin grants!

[HEBE]
And so do his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!

[ALL]
And so do his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!
His sisters and his cousins,
Whom he reckons up by dozens,
And his aunts!