COME JOIN HAND IN HAND, BRAVE AMERICANS ALL To the tune of "Hearts of Oak" Come, join hand in hand, brave Americans all, And rouse your bold hearts at fair Liberty's call; No tyrannous act shall suppress your just claim, Or stain with dishonour America's name. In freedom we're born, and in freedom we'll live! Our purses are ready- Not as slaves, but as freemen our money we'll give. Our worthy forefathers (let's give them a cheer) To climates unknown did courageously steer; 10 Through oceans to deserts for freedom they came, And, dying, bequeath'd us their freedom and fame. In freedom we're born, etc. This bumper I crown for our sovereign's health, And this for Britannia's glory and wealth; That wealth and that glory immortal may be, If she is but just, and if we are but free. In freedom we're born, etc. Pennsylvania Chronicle, July 4, 1768. A TORY PARODY OF THE ABOVE Come, shake your dull noddles, ye pumpkins and bawl, And own that you're mad at fair Liberty's call. No scandalous conduct can add to your shame, Condemn'd to dishonor, inherit the fame! In folly you're born, and in folly you'll live, To madness still ready, Not as men but as monkies, the tokens you give. 1 The ministry have already begun to give away in pensions the money they lately took out of our pockets without our consent. -(Author's Note.) |