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RNYG.778.113
24 Oct 1778:31 (216)
Intelligence Extraordinary. We learn from Philadelphia, that
there was lately exhibited in that city, an admirable Farce
called Independence. Who was the author is not positively
known. Some people are of the opinion, that it is the work
of a certain Quack Doctor, called Franklin. Others assert,
that it is the joint production of the strolling company by
whom it was acted; it is however generally allowed, that
one Adams [blank] the first hint, contrived the plot, and
cast [blank] parts. It appeared in the exhibition so tragi-
comical, that the audience were at a loss whether to laugh
or cry: they were however well pleased with the
catastrophe, and joined heartily in the following chorus,
which was sung by the excellent actor who played the part of
the president. The celebrated Voltaire some where relates,
that a song was the cause of the Reformation in France.
SONG.
Our farce is now finish'd, your sport's at an end,
But 'ere you depart, let the voice of a friend,
By way of a chorus, the evening crown,
With a song to the tune of a hey derry down.
Derry down, down, hey derry down.
. . . [9 more verses of 4 lines each, with a chorus of Derry
down after each]
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