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NYGWPB.745.017
29 Jul 1745:42 (132)
Jamaica, on Long Island, July 20 The good news of the
surrender of Cape Breton coming to us in the middle of our
harvest, obliged us to defer the time of publick rejoicing
till yesterday; when the magistrates, military officers,
and many other gentlemen &c. of this county met at this
place, feasted together, and at night gave a tub of punch at
a fine bonfire, drank the publick healths, and especially of
the valiant commander immediately concern'd in this great
action, and join'd in chorus to the following song.
Let all true subjects now rejoice;
The sev'nteenth day of June,
On Monday morning in a trice,
We sung the French a tune.
Chorus: A glorious Peace we shall have soon,
For we have conquer'd Cape Breton,
with a Fa la, la, . . . [3 verses]
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