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NHG-P.768.035
2 Sep 1768:41 (621)
From the Boston Evening Post. Mess'rs Fleets,
The following song being now much in vogue, and of late is
heard resounding in almost all companies in town, and by way
of eminence called 'The liberty Song,' you are desired to re
publish in your 'circulating' paper for the benefit of the
whole continent of America. ----X.
(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 acts shall suppress your just claim,
Or stain with dishonor America's name.
In freedom we're born, and in freedom we'll live,
Our purses are ready,
Steady, friends, steady,
Not as slaves, but as freemen our money we'll give.
Our worthy forefathers--let's give them a chear--
To climates unknown did courageously steer;
Thro' oceans to deserts for freedom they came,
And dying bequeath'd us their freedom and fame--
In freedom we're born, &c.
. . . [6 more verses, with the same chorus]
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