Citation - New England Chronicle-Cambridge: 1775.12.14

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Index Entry Black Sloven [t], tune of lyric [beg] Tho' some folks may tell us, it is not 
Location Cambridge 
Citation
NECH-C.775.036
7-14 Dec 1775:41 (8/385)
A SONG
Composed by a Soldier in the Continental Army.
(To the tune of the Black Sloven)
Tho' some folks may tell us, it is not so clever
To handle a musket in cold frosty weather;
By yonder bright Congress, in spite of all such,
I'll tarry this season, and take t'other touch.
. . . [7 more verses, burden: "take t'other touch."]


Generic Title New England Chronicle-Cambridge 
Date 1775.12.14 
Publisher Hall, Samuel and Ebenezer 
City, State Cambridge, MA 
Year 1775 
Bibliography B0022156
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