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SCG-C.768.062
12 Sep 1768:21 (34/1719)
Boston, August 2. On Monday evening last, the gentlemen
belonging to the [insurance office kept by Nathaniel Barber]
office made a genteel entertainment, and invited a number of
gentlemen of distinction in the town, when 45 loyal toasts
were drank, and the whole concluded with a new song, the
chorus of which is,
In freedom we're born, and in freedom we'll live, &c.
Tuesday night last the town was very agreeably serenaded by
a band of vocal and instrumental music, in which
performance, the capital piece was the celebrated new
Liberty Song, so justly admired thro' all North-America.
Chorus, In freedom we're born, and in freedom we'll live,
&c.
. . . [1 paragraph of political discussion]
The SONG alluded to above.
To the tune of Hearts of Oak, &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.
. . . [8 verses, with burden, "In freedom we're born, &c."]
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