hip-hip-hip-hurrah

Updated: August 13, 2026

Leaning over the rail, he cried at the crowd on the Redbreast: "Good-bye, lads. Let fly! Three cheers for the king! Let 'em go!" The boys caught his enthusiasm, as boys always will, and followed his lead, cheering the king and singing: "For he's a jolly good fellow.... And so say all of us. With a hip-hip-hip-hurrah!" And with them cheering and singing thus, the Redbreast slipped quietly away.

Ernest Raymond - Tell England: A Study in a Generation