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Liberty Song By Patriot John Dickinson

 

 Liberty Song

 

Come join hand in hand brave Americans all,
And rouse your bold hearts at fair Liberty's call;
No tyrannous acts shall suppress your just claim,
Or stain with dishonour America's name.

In Freedom we're born and in Freedom we'll live,
Our purses are ready,
Steady, Friends, Steady.
Not as slaves, but as Freemen our money we'll give.

Our worthy Forefathers - Let's give them a cheer
To climates unknown did courageously steer;
Thro' Oceans, to deserts, for freedom they came,
And dying bequeath'd us their freedom and Fame.

Their generous bosoms all dangers despis'd,
So highly, so wisely, their Birthrights they priz'd;
We'll keep what they gave, we will piously keep,
Nor frustrate their toils on the land and the deep.

The Tree their own hands had to Liberty rear'd;
They liv'd to behold growing strong and rever'd;
With transport they cry'd, "Now our wishes we gain
For our children shall gather the fruits of our pain."

Swarms of placemen and pensioners soon will appear
Like locusts deforming the charms of the year;
Suns vainly will rise, Showers vainly descend,
If we are to drudge for what others shall spend.

Then join hand in hand brave Americans all,
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall;
In so Righteous a cause let us hope to succeed,
For Heaven approves of each generous deed.

All ages shall speak with amaze and applause,
Of the courage we'll show in support of our laws;
To die we can bear - but to serve we disdain,
For shame is to freedom more dreadful than pain.

This bumper I crown for our Sovereign's health
And this for Britannia's glory and wealth;
That wealth and that glory immortal may be,
If she is but just - and if we are but Free.


John Dickinson (1732-1808)

 

"'The Liberty Song' was written in 1768 when John Dickinson set out to reflect on the political strife caused by the Townshend Acts of 1767, the latest in a series of British crown taxes levied on the Colonies. Dickinson wrote the words to fit the famous music of the anthem of the British Royal Navy, 'Heart of Oak,' composed in 1759 by Dr. William Boyce (1711-1779).

Encyclopedia Dickinsonia: "The Liberty Song" (1768)
http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/l/ed_libertysong.html


"Dickinson, was best known as the 'Penman of the Revolution,' for his writings in support of the colonies' cause...He authored the Liberty Song..."

John Dickenson, Founder and Revolutionary
By Gary Galles (LewRockwell, 11/05/2005)
[ Gary M. Galles, professor of economics at Pepperdine University ]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/galles5.html


Listen:

The Liberty Song
Words written by John Dickinson and published in 1768
Dickinson was one of the leaders of the American Revolution,
a famous lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania.

http://www.contemplator.com/america/liberty.html