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RAG.777.032
6 Mar 1777:41 (8)
A VAUDEVIL. Sung by the characters at the conclusion of a
new farce, called The Boston Blockade.
Trumore.
Ye critics, who wait for an end of the scene,
T' accept it with praise, or dismiss it with spleen;
Your candour we ask, and demand your applause,
If not for our action, at least for our cause:
'Tis our aim by amusement, thus chearful and gay,
To wile a few hours of winter away:
While we rest on our arms, call the arts to our aid,
And be merry in spite of the Boston blockade.
'Tis our aim, &c. &c.
. . . [4 more verses, with refrains; by characters Maria,
Fanfan, Doodle, Heartwright]
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