Laws Of The Navy
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Now these are the laws of the Navy
Unwritten and varied though they be
And he who is wise will observe them
When down in his ship to the sea
As naught can outrun the destroyer
Even so with the law and its grip
For the strength of the ship is the service
And the strength of the service, the ship
Take heed what ye sayest of thy seniors
Be thy words whispered softly and low
Lest the birds of the air pass it onwards
And thy seniors thy burden shall know
When thou labourest from morn until even
Yet thou meetest with reproof for thy toil
It were wise that thy gun should stay silent
Thy compressor must check thy recoil
And count not upon a certain promotion
To the office to which you may aspire
Though thy sight line may zero on the target
There cometh, perchance, a misfire
And take heed in thy manner of speaking
That the language thou usest be sound
In the list of the words of thy choosing
Impossible must not be found
Now these are the laws of the Navy
And many and mighty are they
But they boil down to one small commandment
That commandment is thou shalt obey