Show II THE TRIE BA BATTLE OF Or THE KEGS J 0 Gallants attend and hear a friend frend Thrill forth harmonious ditty ditty- Strange ditty Strange things I U II tell that late befell In Philadelphia City early day as poets say Just when the sun was rising A soldier stood on log of wood And saw a sight surprising As in amaze naze be he stood to gaze gaze- gaze The truth cant can't be denied dented SIrs SIrs- sirs He spied a score of kegs or more Come floating down the tide sirs sirsA sirsA sirsA A sailor too in jerkin blue The strange appearance viewing FIrst damned his eyes in great surprise Then said Some ISome I mischief's brewing bre The kegs now hold the rebel bold Packed up like pickled herring And they ve come down to attack the town loun In this new way of ferrying The The soldier flew v the sailor tailor too And scared almost to death sirs Wore out their shoes to spread the rows And ran til Dl out of breath sirs Now up and down throughout the town Most frantic scenes were acted And some come ran here and some come ran th there rc Like men almost distracted Some fire cried which some come denied But said the earth had quaked And girls and boys with hideous noise Ran through the town half hall naked Sir William he snug as a 1 flea Lay all this time a snoring Nor dreamed of harm as he lay warm In bed with Mrs Loring Now in m a fright he starts upright Awaked by sucha such a clatter He rubs both eyes and boldly cries For God Gods s sake what's the e matter matter At his bedside he then esPied Arise Ansel Ansel Sir Erskine cries The rebels mores rebels the pity pity- pity Without a boat are all afloat afloat And ranged before the city The motley crew in vessels new With Satan for their guide SIr Packed up in bags or wooden kegs Come driving down the tide sir Therefore prepare for tor bloody wart warl Those kegs must all be routed Or surely we despised shall be And British courage doubted The royal band now ready stand All ranged in dead array Sirs With stomachs stout to see it out And make a bloody day sirs The cannons roar from shore to shore The small arms make a rattle Since wars began Im I'm sure no man Eer saw so strange a battle The rebel vales the rebel dales With rebel trees surrounded The distant woods the hills and floods With rebel echoes sounded The fish below swam to and fro Attacked from every quarter quarter- quarter Why sure thought they the dev devils devil's s 's to pay folks above the water The kegs tas Us said tho strongly made mado Of rebel staves and hoops SIrs Could not oppose the powerful foes The conquering British troops sirs From mom morn to night these men of might Displayed amazing courage And when the sun was fairly fauly down Returned to sup their porridge A hundred men with each a pen Or upon more more upon my word SIrs It is most would true true would be too few Their valor to record Sirs Such feats did they perform that day Sir Erskine at command sirs Upon those wicked kegs sirs Upon one foot he had a boot That years to come if they get home And t other in his Ius hand sirs They U 11 make their boasts and brags sirs |