Citation - Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu): 1776.08.24

VGW(HU.776.059
24 Aug 1776:81 (1307)
AN ODE
In imitation of one written in the year 1759, by Alexander
Martin, Esq; of North Carolina.
1.
  Free states, attend the song, 
  Now independent on
    The British throne:
  To earth's remotest bound
  Echoing skies resound
  The sweet melodious sound--
    Liberty's our own.
. . . [7 more verses, set to tune of God Save the King  as
evident from later verses, signed]  W. P.  Buckingham,
August 1776.