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YANKIES WAR-HOOP,
OR,
LORD NORTH’s TE-DEUM
FOR
The VICTORIOUS DEFEAT at BOSTON, on the
17th of June, 1775.
“ If my Brother, King George, will come-I will
“ give him a Talk--I'll not take up the Hatchet in a
“ family Quarrel.”
Attakullakulla's Speech to the King's Agents.
CADMEA VICTORIA !-O BELLA HORRIDA BELLA.
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So he order'd his veffel to ſtand out to ſea,
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"The captain, brave fellow, rode poft croſs the ille,
Nor ventur'd at Goſport to drop a ſweet ſmile :
For ſailors when bringing diſpatches of ſtrife,
Wont pauſe to falute the red lip of a wife :
They're ſo ſtaunch and ſo true to their country and King,
That the charms of a lady can't make them flag wing,
Had Orpheus of yore been a tar-his fair belle,
He had brought from the confines and regions of Hell :
For ſailors, whenever the wind's foul, may tack,
But you'll ne'er find them curious enough to look back;
For whether it leads or to friends, or to foes,
Jack chaws his tobacco, and follows his noſe.
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But now to the Captain_his wife ſafe in port,
He comes with diſpatches to Sandwich at court:
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All the way on the road he declar'd his bad news, ovdT
"Till the peaſants of Hampſhire piſs’d all in their ſhoes ; AT
A defeat! a defeat! was the whole that he ſaid,
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Then ſhook the ſhort hyacinth locks of his head. Neuproo A
But when he had gain’d the high Admiralty-houſe,
All the folks look'd aſkew—and as mum as a mouſe : vad
Yet they threw up their caps-and all victory cried ; istər
Which alas! plainly prov'd they were mad or they lied :
But virtuous Lord Sandwich, ſo chaſte and ſo good,
Wept ſorely for joy—while Miſs Ray was let blood.
His captains, Lord bleſs 'em ! a kind ſet of men,
Repeated the viet’ry---again---and
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So what Gage calls defeat juſt acroſs the Atlantick,
We chriſten a conqueſt---which ſhows we are frantick.
This news helter ſkelter was gallop'd to Kew,
And the captain was brought---that the tale might be true.
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The worthy old man ſhook his head at the ſtory,
Tho' by all he was order'd a conqueſt to roar-e.
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A conqueſt ! a conqueſt !---the hirelings all cried, lalo A
A conqueſt! a conqueſt ! each office replied: oor te
And next to confirm all they ſaid to be good, i od retired
They printed and publiſh'd a Gazette of blood. lla olj IA
Wherein it appear’d, “on the 17th of June woulls vorli 15
" An action was fought, between ev’ning and noon ; loi
" But for fear of affecting the nerves of the iſle, soudaina
“ That the letter might come too correct in its ſtyle,
" The gen’ral delay'd it eight days---for what hero isiqno di
“ Would tell in bad:language the glories of Nero? bainage
e. Beſides, that old proverb he gave a rebuff, su ogn Jadw od
“ Which tells us---Ill news always come faſt enough: how
" But damn me---ſays he---here old rumour ſha'n't feaft, dt
" For eight days I'll delay the old proverb at leaft;" srba A
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And altho' ſome pert blockheads may wink, laugh, and ſmile,
There's certainly conduct in this all the while. fiasdT
Now Pruſſia (whom no one allows is a ſoldier, TT
Tho' the fellow hath fought, hath been beat, and is older)
He keeps his poftillions-all mounted and booted, robnA
That what he has done may be inſtantly bruited: no mert
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But then all his actions are fury and rage, superando 100
He wants that deliberate coolneſs of Gage.beinsambluW
There's PUTNAM, that thing at the head of the rebels, bet
Whom women might beat with ſhort ſticks and hard pebbles,
A fellow that's ſcalp'd—with nine hairs on a fide; non
While a head that's unbroken, a wig nicely tied,
Is the guide of our arms, and the General's pride. vsillors
This Putnam, this leader of th' Connecticuts, od: Il
Who a ball or bayonet thrufts in your guts, ni mood so sve
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With all that compoſure and deliberation, tools
That miniſters ruin a King and his nation. lats 199 200
This Putnam, this baby, this child of threeſcore, wohl
His tacticks were taught in an old Pruſſian corps :
And therefore pray tell me what can be expected, apo
From one ſo inform’d and ſo badly directed ?! oral wat
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For he that requir’d a true orthodox knowledge, s nadlo sud
Would take his degrees at the court-not the college :-
And he that fought manners would travel to Ruſſia, Soul
Not go for a knowledge of tacticks to Pruſſia:-owned W
So
you find that this man by his poor information, wo
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very inferior to thoſe of our nation; cand bool solidw
Who have ſeen upon Blackheath and Wimbleton plains, i el
Nay all the reviews between Harwich and Staines : Ier
Have oft' been intrench'd too at Axton and Brantford, W
And paſs’d o'er the bridges of Kingſton and Cranford :
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Have charg’d and retreated at Bag Shot and Ealing,
And return'd into quarters with trophies-of ſtealing.
With theſe when oppos'd all your Putnams muſt wreck,
O witneſs the glories on New Boſton-neck! ud
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For the Gen’ral with wiſdom, mix'd up with ſome fpite,
Pull'd down a redoubt that was rais'd in a night, oport bra
Which coſt him two thouſands-or ſomething* above;rto
This manæuvre he tells with the voice of a dove:
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For Lord what are men—but the graſs of the fields,
Which as the fcythe glides moſt complacently yields. 1 A
Beſides, if a Gen’ral expends all his ſtore, moradow ea
If he does but demand—why, we'll ſend him fome more:
For it is but the ſending a calf-ſkin about,
And a rub-a-dub-dub-makes at once a recruit:
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But if you will credit the word of a jade, but on
As men, there is nothing ſo eaſily made. p oini b'amor baA
So if you make uſe now of all you have got, sed diw
By cannon, by water, ſword, bayonet, ſhot; o eleniw o
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We'll ſend you ſome more, without fearing or caring, 101
And hope you will neither be baſhful or ſparing : wobbla
For who can a Gen'ral's conduct condemn, mid floo doit
Who like a true hero* expends all his men ?ontcoast in
do not cram the poor creatures in holes, w brol 101
As Putnam hath done his American fouls.olors es doid
So we beg you to bury the chiefs of the corpes, 1 cebisa
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For which we've remitted you tcoffins by ſcores. 29ob ar ?I
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But pray
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* Gen. Wentworth, at the ſiege of Carthagena, ſaid, “Having expended all
my men, I beg a ſupply."
+ An entry was made at the Cuſtom-houſe, for ſhipping on board the John
and William, Jackſon Maſter, two thouſand coffins, with furniture compleat:
the value of the latter was 5ool. This looks as if the M was determined
to expend a good parcel of officers. I o8 1919. 1 zogs 902

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We hope our good-nature will no ways
alarm
ye,
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We would wiſh to be thought deadly good to our army
No officer ſurely's ſo much of a worm, ud mənt 316 W
To prefer a dull life to a burial in form:
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And therefore we ſhew this attention to birth, 101 vals 2014
That ye may be like gentlemen put in the earth. bans INI
But if there are ſome who theſe honours refuſe, arguen ba A.
Nor care like true heroes to die in their ſhoes ; -- DIW
Like fools let them come to their homes and their wives,
And in peace, love, and plenty conclude their dull lives.
For his Majeſty, bleſs him's ſo lov’d thro' the iſle, 9 dT
That we'll give all he aſks—when he deigns us a ſmile:
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And when Serjeants all Ireland and Britain have ran over,
He hath ſtill a ſupply ’mongſt the turnips of Hanover:IT ?
And if we may gueſs by the white preſent breed,
Like Devils they'll fight and like bullocks they'll bleed :
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So pray ſpare not men--for indeed we're no ſunkers, or W
Tho' of dead you pile hills up, like * Winter and Bunkers. V
What are men but earth's refuſe, poor, paltry things, ooit
Created to bleed for the paſtime of Kings ? lib sono
For why for his navy ſhould Georgius deſpond, lored bnA
Like an Adm'ral he fails, with the Prince in a pond: IST
And nought than his guns are more harmleſs and civil, a
With C-u-m-s they're cover'd to keep them from evil. 2011
But again to this letter heroick of Gage, modi dol fool az
With a margin of black and a bloody red page : bol
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The Gen'ral he tells us, “ Two thouſand were ſlain, idol
" That his ſtandard of victory flew o'er the plain : w do
" “ That he cut up the yankies ſo ſmall on the ground, bo
<< That only one hundred and thirty were found : * do
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Two hills between Charles-Town and Boſton.

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«« That if they had ſtaid he had minced ſome more, SA
“ But they carried them off, both behind and before
Or ſtop'd them in holes or the Devil knows where, WOW
" For they were not on earth---in the ſea---or the air. Il a
“ For indeed, my good Lord, at this fame preſent writing, A
" That Putnam's damn’d fly---in his burying and fighting. I
“ But we'd all diſadvantages men could ſuſtain, 207A
“ Tho' by batt’ries aſſiſted on ſhore and the main ; svad isoy
“ And yet theſe undiſciplin’d, fpiritleſs yankies, I loqong at
“ Play'd hell with our centre, as well as our flankies. d 00Y
“ Our Col’nels, our Majors, our Captains, Lieutenants,
" At leaſt ninety-two---were at once made death’s tenants :
56 And our viet'ry to prove---and that Britons wont yield,
“ I have left thirteen hundred---who wont quit the field.
“ Such, ſuch are the news, which the Cerberus brings,
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's And while I am able to fign but a letter, ili sad
“ If I never fend worſe---may I never ſend better."
Now Sandwich, Gower, Dartmouth, Lords Suffolk and North,
Dull Dyſon, Charles Jenkinſon, Gibby come forth, 101
And boldly declare, without cracking of jokes, sobni tot
If a grenadier's cap now can frighten theſe folks ? IT
As for you, my Lord Gower,* I wou'd not wiſh to ſhock,
You have pleg'd us your head--and I've got you a block:
The propoſal was yours---and to keep up the joke, BrA "?
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Your head or my
honour ſhall go
at a ſtroke. ivrilor bolta
As for you, Jemmy Twitcher, fo fhambling and gay, 110
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Who cannot be dull while illumin’d by Ray, trin fol A™
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Lord
Gin the the Houſe of Peers, in a fet ſpeech, pledged his head
to the Peers—that if the Mr would adopt vigorous meaſures, he would
bow to the block-if they did not ſubmit. Quere. Is not this Lord's head
pawn’d to the people ?

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poor ſhade.
Tho’you wield the old trident quite ruſty on ſhore,v yordt
The Yankies reſpect you no more than Lord Gow'r: om bei
For tho' preſs-gangs you ſent to the old Stygian coaſt,mo
To bring 'fore the Peers Admiral Warren's poor ghoft; on
Yet what of their courage you've wantonly faid, 'w 107
Is as baſeleſs in truth as Sir Peter's
Alas! my old Peer, pray believe what I write, but top
No cantharides need they, to ftir them to fight :
And as for your ſhips they will do little good, badago von
Unleſs they can fail over mountains of wood. do orod)
For ſo long is their coaſt (not one bit of it barren) on noqu
That you they defie-like dead Admiral Warren. dgn boa
For ſend what you will-ror fat, little, or tall,
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The Bobadil Putnam will murder 'em all. qu mom vodT
What you've ſent 'em already has juſt broke their faſt, 31
For like Devils they'll eat-rand will fight to the laſt ;
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They've butted to this, with the ſpunk of old rams, tot
And made all your ſoldiers to ſkip like young lambs. Y od
Remember K-g, Commons, Lords mighty as Gods, to
That in fighting there's always moſt terrible odds ! gaindo
For he, who but ferves for his fix-pence a day, lo galw do
May fight if he chooſes, or elſe run away : 1 ni eeloled as a
,
For it's furely damn'd hard, with ſuch wages as theſe, l'A
That a man may not act and do juſt what he pleaſe.
Now oppos’d to this ſix-pence-theſe troops Maſſachuſet, A
(Who are of Scotch, Engliſh and German the true-get) nu
Upon their own dunghills contend their own cauſe, of ol to I
And fight for their properties, liberties, laws : vedt toyusdT
Jet
If they die—birds of Paradiſe-Avibus raris, edw brisk to
They mount up to Heaven-pro focis et aris : lindud art
If they fall, they are ſaints--thoſe who live give 'em glory,
And hallow their graves with pro patria mori, li dil 10T
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Now in this kind of fighting I prove there is odds ;
You ſend men to the Devil—they faints to the Gods ;
And may we believe but our eyes and our ears,
We've made more in four months than the thouſand laſt years,
And if it is true, as aſtronomers ſay,
moll office
flict sont
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They find out new ſtars in the old Milky-way.
As oft' as they put up the tube to their eyes,
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So quick do theſe ſaints take their ſeats in the ſkies:
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And therefore I think we'd beſt kiſs and be friends,
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For vice muſt be beat that with virtue contends.
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