Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves
Britons never, never, never, shall be slaves!



Off the coast of Argentina, our islands meant to be
With eighteen hundred people and a half a million sheep
The day they were invaded, everybody learned the name
A barren little colony had got a bit of fame!

We stocked our ships full of British beer and bullets
We mobilized the Navy and we called up the Marines
We sailed 2 weeks 'til we reached the Falkland Islands
So we could teach a lesson to the bloody Argentines!



Maggie Thatcher was awakened in the middle of the night
She heard the Argentinians was spoiling for a fight
She summoned up her cabinet and met with the MPs
And sent the pride of Britain to those stormy southern seas



We stocked our ships full of British beer and bullets
We mobilized the Navy and we called up the Marines
We sailed 2 weeks 'til we reached the Falkland Islands
So we could teach a lesson to the bloody Argentines!



Well in came the Yanks, who had to have a say
So they sent Al Haig down Buenos Aires way
He shuffled to and fro always managing to smile
The Argies still refused to leave that barren British Isle

So, we stocked our ships full of British beer and bullets
We mobilized the Navy and we called up the Marines
We sailed 2 weeks 'til we reached the Falkland Islands
So we could teach a lesson to the bloody Argentines!

Well the whole world watched as the British fleet drew near
And the battle for the Falklands was finally here
We sank their ships, brought down their aeroplanes
And taught those cheeky Argies not to mess with us again

We stocked our ships full of British beer and bullets
We mobilized the Navy and we called up the Marines
We sailed 2 weeks 'til we reached the Falkland Islands
So we could teach a lesson to the bloody Argentines!

All the local girls were waiting when Britannia disembarked
He had a reputation that he liked to have a laugh
They covered him with kisses, they walked him in the grass
He said they never saw a better piece of British, land

We stocked our ships full of British beer and bullets
We mobilized the Navy and we called up the Marines
We sailed 2 weeks 'til we reached the Falkland Islands
So we could teach a lesson to the bloody Argentines!

We stocked our ships full of British beer and bullets
We mobilized the Navy and we called up the Marines
We sailed 2 weeks 'til we reached the South Atlantic
So we could teach a lesson to the bloody Argentines!