Citation - Boston Post Boy: 1774.12.12

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Index Entry Derry Down [t], tune of lyric [beg] Expenses of war, and conceptions 
Location London 
Citation
BPB.774.078
5-12 Dec 1774:41 (903)
From a late London paper.
SONG, to the tune of Derry Down.
I.
The expences of war, and conceptions of peace,
Are the same to the people, their taxes ne'er cease;
That the poor are distrest, we all know to be true:
So damn the old parliament, heigh! for a new!
  Derry down.
. . . [3 more lines with burden,"Derry down."]


Generic Title Boston Post Boy 
Date 1774.12.12 
Publisher Mills and Hicks 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1774 
Bibliography B0012140
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