The LIBERTY SONG. In FREEDOM we're born &c.
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.
In FREEDOM we're born, &c.
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 --
In FREEDOM we're born &c.
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" --
In FREEDOM we're born &c.
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 other shall spend.
In FREEDOM we're born, &c.
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.
In FREEDOM we're born, &c.
All Ages shall speak with Amaze and Applause,
Of the Courage we'll shew in support of our LAWS ;
To die we can bear -- but to serve we disdain.
For Shame is to FREEDOM more dreadful than pain
In FREEDOM we're born, &c.
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
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.