 | Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker - 1917 - 328 pages
...Independence, then wrote this ballad: THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS Gallants attend and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things I'll tell which...say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood And saw a thing surprising. As in a maze he stood to gaze, • The truth can't be denied,... | |
 | Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker - 1914 - 328 pages
...OK THE KEGS Gallants attend and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things I'll toll which late befell In Philadelphia, City. 'Twas early...say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood And saw a thing surprising. As in a maze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied,... | |
 | Sarah Emma Simons - 1915 - 492 pages
...Gallants attend and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things I'll tell which late befel In Philadelphia City. 'Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied,... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 pages
...Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things I '!1 tell which late befell In Philadelphia city. 'T was early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising. A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied,... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - 1915 - 680 pages
...to order it. FRANCIS HOPKINSON (From The Battle of the Kegs) Gallants attend and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things I'll tell which late befell In Philadelphia city. 6 'Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And... | |
 | Frank Landon Humphreys - 1917 - 524 pages
...: The Battle of the Kegs; a Song, — Tune, Moggy Lawder. Gallants, attend, and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty; Strange things I'll tell,...stood on log of wood, And saw a sight surprising. of which Lee says: " Gen. Putnam, with many other officers, stood on the shore spectators of this explosion.... | |
 | Margaret Sprague Carhart - 1917 - 532 pages
...Phrebus of their own. FRANCIS HOPKINSON THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS GALLANTS attend and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things I'll tell which...Philadelphia city. 'Twas early day, as poets say, . 5 Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As... | |
 | Percy Holmes Boynton - 1918 - 746 pages
...Gallants attend and hear a friend, Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things I'll tell which late befel In Philadelphia city. 'Twas early day, as poets say. Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze. The truth can't be denied,... | |
 | Carolyn Wells - 1923 - 804 pages
...founded upon a real historic incident. THE BATTLE OF THE KEYS Gallants attend and hear a friend Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things I'll tell which...say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood and gazed, The truth can't be denied,... | |
 | Frederick Clarke Prescott, John Herbert Nelson - 1925 - 302 pages
...Gallants attend and hear a friend, Trill forth harmonious ditty, Strange things I'll tell which late befel In Philadelphia city. 'Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied,... | |
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Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied, sir, He spied a score of kegs or more Come floating down the tide, sir.... 
