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NHG-P.782.003
12 Jan 1782:33 (26/1315)
The following lines were written extempore on Commodore Hyde
Parker, by a facetious clergyman, at Savannah, in Georgia,
in the beginning of 1779, on hearing of the Commodore's
excellent manoeuver with respect to a quantity of indigo he
found in the stores of private persons in Georgia, and which
he affected to say he would deliver to the owners, having
taken the necessary precaution to shift the casks.
Hyde Parker! Hide for shame your head,
And keep from Mrs. Cropa's bed;
Nor deem yourself a Commodore,
Who traffick with a common whore;
Besides, perhaps, you may be damn'd,
For disobeying God's command:
But if you mean to save your soul,
Restore the indigo you stole.
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