This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEPENDENCE DAY. Delivered at San-Francisco, July 4th, 1886. THE FIRST KNOWN YANKEE NOTION. In days of old, certain patriots bold, When England grew pedantic, Unfurled to the gale the Mayflower's sail And ferried o'er the Atlantic. On Plymouth rock was landed the stock With modest oriflamb Who framed the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEPENDENCE DAY. Delivered at San-Francisco, July 4th, 1886. THE FIRST KNOWN YANKEE NOTION. In days of old, certain patriots bold, When England grew pedantic, Unfurled to the gale the Mayflower's sail And ferried o'er the Atlantic. On Plymouth rock was landed the stock With modest oriflamb Who framed the state we perpetuate, Entitled our Uncle Sam. Our freedom achieved, was there conceived, The first known " Yankee notion," Of the " Lion" born and the " Unicorn," But on this side the ocean. The infant grew, as infants do, Into a youthful nation; When the English yoke began to choke And it cried for emancipation. Then England thought, as England ought, We're losing by relaxation; We'll keep them down by oppression's frown And the grinding heel--taxation. So she sent o'er the sea a cargo of tea, With a deal more tax than cargo; Which so raised the ire of the patriot sire He placed on that ship his embargo. Those patriots old, so we are told, Didn't like tax in their tea; So they threw it away in Boston Bay, For the mermaids down in the sea. Then John Bull came across the main To stop this Yankee row;--He cared not a jot for the patriot--He's more respectful now. Bnt Washington George, the man in charge, Before he began to strike, Held up his saber and said.' "Kind neighbor, Whichever end you like." And what, think you, was his choice of the two t Thin stubborn English John Preferred the blade--the mistake he made Was proved to him anon. They served him right on Charleston height; Like the story of "Jack and Gill," He came tumbling down and broke his crown, At the foot of Bunker Hill I Like herds of cattle they came into battle, At Lexington, Monmouth, Yorktown; But always, 'tis said, they dropped their bread, Which fell with the butter side...
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