Citation - Royal American Gazette: 1777.01.16

RAG.777.005
16 Jan 1777:41 (1)
A NEW SONG,
Composed by a Prisoner in Boston Goal.  Tune of Black
Sloven.
Americans swarming by thousands on shore,
Grew mighty in mischief were subjects no more.
Fa la, &c.
Held George in Defiance, his friends they trepann'd
The loyal imprison'd and rav'd thro' the land.
Fa la, &c.
. . . [9 more verses, with topical references, such as Howe,
Long-Island, York, Kingsbridge, Yankies, Jemima, and Boston]