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Yan Poop (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
they stand, They turn and run away. Canto III. Not all delights the bloody spear, Or horrid din of battle, There are, I'm sure, who'd like to hear A word about the rattle.The chief whom we beheld of late, Near Schralenberg haranguing, At Yan Van Poop's unconscious sat Of Irvine's hearty banging.While valiant Lee, with courage wild, Most bravely did oppose The tears of women and of child, Who begged he'd leave the cows.But Wayne, of sympathizing heart, Required a relief, Not all the blessinthe pomp of war.That drums and merry fifes had played To honor her retreat, And Cunningham himself conveyed The lady through the street.Great Wayne, by soft compassion swayed, To no inquiry stoops, But takes the fair, afflicted maid Right into Yan Van Poop's.So Roman Antony, they say, Disgraced th' imperial banner, And for a gypsy lost a day, Like Anthony the tanner.The Hamadryad had but half Received redress from Wayne, When drums and colors, cow and calf, Came down the road amain.All in a clou
W. Shannon (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
, The tanner took his way, The calf shall rue that is unborn The jumbling of that day.And Wayne descending steers shall know, And tauntingly deride, And call to mind, in ev'ry low, The tanning of his hide.Yet Bergen cows still ruminate Unconscious in the stall, What mighty means were used to get, And lose them after all.For many heroes bold and brave From New Bridge and Tapaan. And those that drink Passaic's wave, And those that eat soupaan.And sons of distant Delaware, And still remoter Shannon, And Major Lee with horses rare, And Proctor with his cannon.All wondrous proud in arms they came— What hero could refuse, To tread the rugged path to fame, Who had a pair of shoes?At six the host, with sweating buff, Arrived at Freedom's Pole, When Wayne, who thought he'd time enough, Thus speechified the whole: “O ye whom glory doth unite, Who Freedom's cause espouse, Whether the wing that's doom'd to fight, Or that to drive the cows; “Ere yet you tempt your further way, Or into action co<
Alexander Hamilton (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
Thine are these tales of woe; Shall at thy dire insatiate shrine Blood never cease to flow?And now the foe began to lead His forces to th' attack; Balls whistling unto balls succeed, And make the block-house crack. No shot could pass, if you will take The gen'ral's word for true; But 'tis a d—ble mistake, For ev'ry shot went through.The firmer as the rebels pressed, The loyal heroes stand; Virtue had nerved each honest breast, And Industry each hand.In See Lee's trial. valor's frenzy, Hamilton Rode like a soldier big, And secretary Harrison, With pen stuck in his wig.But, lest chieftain Washington Should mourn them in the mumps, A disorder prevalent in the rebel lines. The fate of Withrington to shun, They fought behind the stumps.But ah! Thaddeus Posset, why Should thy poor soul elope? And why should Titus Hooper die, Ah! die—without a rope?Apostate Murphy, thou to whom Fair Shela ne'er was cruel; In death shalt hear her mourn thy doom, Och! would ye die, my jewel?Thee, N
William Wayne (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
poem, which he called The Cow Chace, in which Wayne and his fellow-rebels were severely ridiculed.ue that is unborn The jumbling of that day.And Wayne descending steers shall know, And tauntingly devery man declared aloud For serious work with Wayne.Then from the cask of rum once more They took such great deeds, Hurra, they cried, hurra for Wayne! And, shouting, did their needs. Canto IIleft prepared to fight, The while the drovers, Wayne and Lee, Drew off upon the right.Which Irvine irm, though slender ranks, Nor cared a pin for Wayne.For then the unrelenting hand Of rebel fury drd of child, Who begged he'd leave the cows.But Wayne, of sympathizing heart, Required a relief, Not Just happen'd to be on the move, When up came Wayne and Lee.She in mad Anthony's fierce eye The hee Hamadryad had but half Received redress from Wayne, When drums and colors, cow and calf, Came dow shot went round, And in at the back-door. Wayne was in command of the troops from whom the gua[6 more...]
William Irvine (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
of boasting oaths Re-echoed through the wood, Some vow'd to sleep in dead men's clothes, And some to swim in blood.At Irvine's nod, 'twas fine to see The left prepared to fight, The while the drovers, Wayne and Lee, Drew off upon the right.Which Irvine 'twas Fame don't relate, Nor can the Muse assist her, Whether 'twas he that cocks a hat, Or he that gives a glister.For greatly one was signalized That fought at Chestnut Hill, And Canada immortalized The vender of the pill.Yet the attendance upother poets ride.Sublime upon the stirrups rose The mighty Lee behind, And drove the terror-smitten cows, Like chaff before the wind.But sudden see the woods above Pour down another corps, All helter-skelter in a drove, Like that I sung before. Irvine and terror in the van Came flying all abroad, And cannon, colors, horse, and man Ran tumbling to the road.Still as he fled, 'twas Irvine's cry, And his example too, “Run on, my merry men all—for why?” The shot will not go through. *As when tw<
August 1st, 1780 AD (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
mp with a large number of cattle driven by his dragoons. This event inspired Major Andre, Sir Henry Clinton's adjutant-general, to write a satirical poem, which he called The Cow Chace, in which Wayne and his fellow-rebels were severely ridiculed. It was written in the style of the English ballad of Chevy Chace, in three cantos. The following is a copy of the poem; we also give fac-similes of its title from Andre‘s autograph, and of the concluding verse of the original: Elizabethtown, Aug. 1, 1780. Canto I. To drive the kine one summer's morn, The tanner took his way, The calf shall rue that is unborn The jumbling of that day.And Wayne descending steers shall know, And tauntingly deride, And call to mind, in ev'ry low, The tanning of his hide.Yet Bergen cows still ruminate Unconscious in the stall, What mighty means were used to get, And lose them after all.For many heroes bold and brave From New Bridge and Tapaan. And those that drink Passaic's wave, And those that eat soupa
1780 AD (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
Cow Chace, the In the summer of 1780 Washington sent General Wayne, with a considerable force, to storm a British block-house at Bull's Ferry, on the Hudson, near Fort Lee, and to drive into the American camp a large number of cattle on Bergen Neck exposed to British foragers, who might go out from Paulus's Hook (now Jersey City). Wayne was repulsed at the block-house, with a loss of sixty-four men, but returned to camp with a large number of cattle driven by his dragoons. This event inspired Major Andre, Sir Henry Clinton's adjutant-general, to write a satirical poem, which he called The Cow Chace, in which Wayne and his fellow-rebels were severely ridiculed. It was written in the style of the English ballad of Chevy Chace, in three cantos. The following is a copy of the poem; we also give fac-similes of its title from Andre‘s autograph, and of the concluding verse of the original: Elizabethtown, Aug. 1, 1780. Canto I. To drive the kine one summer's morn, The tanner took
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