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PEP.776.026
13 Apr 1776:1881 (2/192)
From a late London Paper.
ON THE PROMOTION OF LORD GEORGE SACKVILLE GERMAIN, TO BE
SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN DEPARTMENT.
Tune of "A Cobler there was, " &c.
Ye poor silly people, who foolishly think,
That the glory of Britain is likely to sink;
Your affairs will soon prosper, recover your frights,
For the hero of Minden will set them to rights.
Derry down, down, down derry down.
. . . [8 verses with burden "Derry down, &c." follow]
[Apparent satire on Sackville's desire not to go to the
field but to give orders from London]
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