Man of war
Meanings of "Man of war"
(also: man-of-war) - any type of heavily armed warship (especially of the British Royal Navy) from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
"Man of war" in lyrics
La Bottine Souriante - The Ziguezon
Is not for a baron
The ziguezon zin zon (repeat)
But for a man of war
With hair on his chin 1
- 1. I know this is an idiom, I tried searching what it means but each source had a different meaning, ranging from "To have a beard" to "to be experienced/ old enough" so I decided to literally translate it instead.
[Refrain]
You’re my man of war
You’re my man of war
Yeah, the worms will come for you, big boots
La Bottine Souriante - The Ziguezon
Is not for a baron
The Ziguezon zin zon
But for a man of war
Who has a hairy chin
Leonard Cohen - Story of Isaac
I will kill you if I can.
And mercy on our uniform,
Man of peace or man of war,
The peacock spreads his fan.
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag (OST) - William Taylor
[Verse 2]
Sailor's clothing she put on
And went to a board a man-of-war
Her pretty little fingers long and slender
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Paul Revere’s Ride
Just as the moon rose over the bay,
Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war:
A phantom ship, with each mast and spar
I could change the pattern
Steal a ring from Saturn
Forge myself into a man-of-war
And striking woe onto the French !
A man-of-war's the bay entered
With Its white sails fully hoisted.
Masters of the wind
Metal warriors number one
Sleipnir met the king of kings
Where all men play on ten
There is one man I care
Whom Aoife dismissed
And put on board the “Man-of-War”
Hilltop Hoods - Leave Me Lonely
You're like Paul Manafort
A giant and spineless jellyfish
A man o' war, I'm a man of war
Be silent, all right
Was a Portuguese Man of War
Then I saw that all that you saw
Was a Portuguese Man of War
Singing, love, I know I promised more than this
Momma cuts through the morning like a man-of-war
Daddy burns through diversions like a meteor
Georg Friedrich Händel - HWV 54 Israel in Egypt 22.The Lord is a man of war..
DUET (2 basses)
The Lord is a man of war:
Lord is His name.
Rafael Alberti - If my voice dies on land
Carry it down to the sea,
And appoint it the captain
Of a white man of war.
Who just keeps on crying..."
His captain answers
Like a man of war
"Your pretty passport
Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way
Looks like an apple core (apple core)
Asphalt jungle
Got to be a man-of-war
You couldn't breathe easily
Unwelcome guest is a man of war
Pain feels in the heart as a rusted nail
English Folk - Belgium Put the Kibosh on the Kaiser
The Kaiser said 'Be careful,
If by Jellicoe they're seen,
Then every man-of-war I've got
Will be a submarine'.
St. Sol



