Saxon is a British heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. As leading lights in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal they had a brief period of U.K. Top 40 success in the early 1980s, and also tasted success in Europe and Japan. They are still performing in the new millennium. Their original line up consisted of Peter "Biff" Byford on vocals, Paul Quinn and Graham Oliver on guitars, Steve Dawson on bass and drummer Pete Gill.
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Jack Tars Lyrics

Saxon

Once was a sailor
Ship of the line
Came to my duty
Serving my time

Far, far away from you I must go
Ne'er to return - I do not know
If I return to tell you my tale
I'll sing of gunsmoke and blood-stained sails

Stand by my shipmates
We will not fall
Jolly Jack Tars, brave men and all