Citation - Freeman's Journal: 1781.10.17

FJ.781.040
17 Oct 1781:23 (26)
From the Political Magazine for May, 1781.
Copy of a Pasquinade stuck up in the city of New-York,
August 12, 1780.
  You know there goes a tale, 
  How Jonas went on board a whale, 
  Once for a frolic;
  And how the whale
  Set sail
  And got the cholic:
  And, after a great splutter, 
  Spewed him up upon the coast, 
  Just like a woodcock on a toast, 
  With trail and butter.
  . . . [3 more verses concerning Springfield action, plus
footnotes]