PUBLICATIONS OF THE NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY VOL. XXXIII. NAVAL SONGS AND BALLADS _This volume--NAVAL SONGS AND BALLADS, announced for last year, has been unavoidably delayed, but is now issued on the 1907 subscription._ _It is hoped that the VIEWS OF THE BATTLES OF THE THIRD DUTCH WAR, also due on the 1907 subscription, will be ready in May next._ _March 1908._ Naval Songs and Ballads SELECTED AND EDITED BY C. H. FIRTH, M.A. REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, OXFORD [Illustration: Publisher’s Colophon] PRINTED FOR THE NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY MDCCCCVIII THE COUNCIL OF THE NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY 1907-1908 PATRON H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., K.T., K.P. PRESIDENT EARL SPENCER, K.G. VICE-PRESIDENTS BRIDGE, ADMIRAL SIR CYPRIAN, A. G., G.C.B. CLARKE, COL. SIR GEORGE S., G.C.M.G., F.R.S DESART, THE EARL OF, K.C.B. FIRTH, PROFESSOR C. H., LL.D. COUNCILLORS ATKINSON, C. T. CORBETT, JULIAN S. DARTMOUTH, THE EARL OF. FANSHAWE, ADMIRAL SIR ARTHUR, K.C.B. FIELD, CAPTAIN A. M., R.N., F.R.S. GEARY, LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR HENRY, K.C.B. GINSBURG, B. W., LL.D. GODLEY, SIR ARTHUR, K.C.B. GORDON, THE HON. GEORGE. GRAY, ALBERT, K.C. HORDERN, LIEUTENANT LIONEL, R.N. LORAINE, REAR-ADMIRAL SIR LAMBTON, BART. MARKHAM, ADMIRAL SIR ALBERT H., K.C.B. MAY, VICE-ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM, K.C.B. MOWATT, SIR FRANCIS, G.C.B. NEWBOLT, HENRY. PROTHERO, G. W., Litt.D., LL.D. SEYMOUR, ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR EDWARD H., G.C.B. TARLETON, LIEUTENANT A. H., R.N., M.V.O. THURSFIELD, J. R. WATTS, SIR PHILIP, D.Sc., K.C.B., F.R.S. WHITE, COMMANDER J. BELL, R.N.R. WHITE, SIR WILLIAM H., D.Sc., K.C.B., F.R.S. YORKE, SIR HENRY, K.C.B. SECRETARY SIR J. KNOX LAUGHTON, D.Litt., King’s College, London, W.C. TREASURER W. GRAHAM GREENE, C.B., Admiralty, S.W. The COUNCIL of the NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY wish it to be distinctly understood that they are not answerable for any opinions or observations that may appear in the Society’s publications. For these the responsibility rests entirely with the Editors of the several works. INTRODUCTION