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Canada (Canada) (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
tribe moved on, Of heroes drunk as poison.The sounds confused 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 upon Proctor They both might have to boast of, For there was business for the doctor, And hats to be disposed of.Let none uncandidly infer That Stirling wanted spunk; The self-made peer had sure been there, But that the peer was drunk.But turn we to the Hudson's banks, Where stood the modest train, With purpose firm, though slender ranks, Nor cared a pin for Wayne.For then the unrelenting hand Of rebel fury drove, And tore from ev'ry gen
Irvine, Ky. (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
f heroes drunk as poison.The sounds confused 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 tere 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 sympake 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 two kennels in the street, Swell'd with a recent rain, <
Passaic, N. J. (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
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 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
Fort Lee (New Jersey, United States) (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
Elizabethtown (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
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 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
Tarrytown (New York, United States) (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
the Frenchman caper, And pretty Susan tell the story, In the next Chatham paper.” This solemn prophecy, of course, Gave all much consolation, Except to Wayne, who lost his horse Upon the great occasion.His horse that carried all his prog, His military speeches, His corn-stalk whiskey for his grog— Blue stockings and brown breeches.And now I've clos'd my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this same warrio-drover, Wayne, Should ever catch the poet. The last canto was published on the day when Andre was captured at Tarrytown. At the end of the autograph copy was written the following stanza, in a neat hand: When the epic strain was sung, The poet by the neck was hung; And to his cost he finds too late, The dung-born tribe decides his fate. Five refugees ('tis true) were found Stiff on the block-house floor, But then 'tis thought the shot went round, And in at the back-door. Wayne was in command of the troops from whom the guard was drawn that attended Andre‘s exec
Delaware (Delaware, United States) (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
e 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 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 fur<
New Bridge (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
hall 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 cor why?” The shot will not go through. *As when two kennels in the street, Swell'd with a recent rain, In gushing streams together meet, And seek the neighboring drain,So meet these dung-born tribes in one, As swift in their career, And so to New Bridge they ran on— But all the cows got clear.Poor Parson Caldwell, all in wonder, Saw the returning train, And mourned to Wayne the lack of plunder, For them to steal again.For 'twas his right to seize the spoil, and To share with each commander, As<
Staten Island (New York, United States) (search for this): entry cow-chace-the
ot go through. *As when two kennels in the street, Swell'd with a recent rain, In gushing streams together meet, And seek the neighboring drain,So meet these dung-born tribes in one, As swift in their career, And so to New Bridge they ran on— But all the cows got clear.Poor Parson Caldwell, all in wonder, Saw the returning train, And mourned to Wayne the lack of plunder, For them to steal again.For 'twas his right to seize the spoil, and To share with each commander, As he had done at Staten Island With frost-bit Alexander.In his dismay, the frantic priest Began to grow prophetic, You had swore, to see his lab'ring breast, He'd taken an emetic. “I view a future day,” said he, “Brighter than this day dark is, And you shall see, what you shall see, Ha! ha! one pretty marquis; “And he shall come to Paulus' Hook, And great achievements think on, And make a bow and take a look, Like Satan over Lincoln. “And all the land around shall glory To see the Frenchman caper, And pretty
Hudson (New Jersey, United States) (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 too
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