 | Philip Morin Freneau - 1786 - 432 sidor
...Here are axes and fliovels, and fomething to do ! For the fake of our king, Come, labour and ring; You left all you had for his honour and glory, And he will remember the fuftering Tory : We have, it is true, Some fmall work to do ; But here's for your pay Twelve coppers... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1810 - 874 sidor
...the lories, p. 261, must have been highly edifying and consolatory to those who were its subjects. " Come gentlemen tories, firm, loyal and true, Here...coppers a day, And never regard what the rebels may s»y, But throw offyour jerkins, and labour away. " To raise up the rampart, and pile up the wall,... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1856 - 436 sidor
...Invitation " was written by Philip Freneau. We have it in a ballad sheet, dated 1779. THE INVITATION. COME, gentlemen tories, firm, loyal, and true, Here...and something to do ! For the sake of our King, Come labor and sing. You left all you had for his honor and glory, And he will remember the suffering tory.... | |
 | Philip Morin Freneau - 1861 - 394 sidor
...black, and as bitter as gall, " A curse to yourselves, and a blot on the BALL." SIR HARRY'S CALL. OME gentlemen Tories, firm, loyal and true, Here are axes...work to do ; But here's for your pay Twelve coppers a-day, And never regard what the rebels may say, But throw off your jerkins and labour away. To raise... | |
 | George Washington Greene - 1865 - 484 sidor
...to the Refugees " is truly American, and in a strain of keen satire that Freneau seldom reached. " Come, gentlemen Tories, firm, loyal, and true, Here...and something to do ! For the sake of our king, Come labor and sing. Ton left all you had for his honor and glory, And he will remember the suffering Tory.... | |
 | George Washington Greene - 1865 - 486 sidor
...to the Refugees " is truly American, and in a strain of keen satire that Freneau seldom, reached. " Come, gentlemen Tories, firm, loyal, and true, Here are axes and shovels and something to do I For the sake of our king, Come labor and sing. You left all you had for his honor and glory, And... | |
 | Philip Morin Freneau, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1865 - 344 sidor
...Here are axes and {hovels, and fomething to do ! For the fake of our king, Come, labour and fing ; You left all you had for his honour and glory, And he will remember the fuffering Tory : We have, it is true, Some fmall work to do ; But here's for your pay Twelve coppers... | |
 | George Washington Greene - 1876 - 508 sidor
...the Refugees " is truly American, and in a strain of keen satire that Freneau seldom reached. " Como, gentlemen Tories, firm, loyal, and true, Here are...and something to do ! For the sake of our king, Come labor and sing. Yon left all you had for his honor and glory, And he will remember the suffering Tory.... | |
 | Samuel Eben Barney - 1893 - 84 sidor
...which the British commanders regarded and used the tories. It is called SIR HENRY CLINTON'S INVITATION. Come gentlemen tories, firm, loyal, and true, Here...Come, labour and sing: You left all you had for his honor and glory, And he will remember the suffering tory. We have, it is true, Some small work to do... | |
 | Everett Titsworth Tomlinson - 1898 - 234 sidor
...THE REFUGEES THIS song first appeared in a ballad sheet in 1779, and was written by Philip Freneau. Come, gentlemen Tories, firm, loyal, and true, Here...and something to do! For the sake of our King, Come labor and sing. You left all you had for his honor and glory, And he will remember the suffering Tory.... | |
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You left all you had for his honour and glory, And he will remember the suffering Tory : We have, it is true, Some small work to do; But here's for your pay Twelve coppers a day, And never regard what the rebels may say, But throw off your jerkins and... 
