A Song, composed by the British soldiers, after the battle at Bunker-Hill, on the 17th day of June, 1775.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Draper, Margaret, 1727-1807?, printer.

Howe, John, 1754-1835, printer.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Songs and music.

United States.

History.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.

Genre:

Songs and music.

Single sheet verse.

Broadsides.

Ballads.

Songs.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 sheet : illustrations (relief cut) ; ?⁰

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : [Printed at Draper's printing-office?], [1775]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Song in twelve stanzas; first line: It was on the seventeenth by break of day, the Yankees did surprise us.

Relief cut of a battle at head of title.

One of two editions, very similar in appearance. In the present edition (Bristol B4119; Shipton & Mooney 42939), there is a comma after the word "Song" in the title, and the fourth line of the sixth stanza begins: O'er hills and dales & mountains high. Another edition (Evans 14465) lacks the comma after "Song" in the title, and the fourth line of the sixth stanza begins: O'er hills & dales & mountains high.

Evans ascribes the edition recorded as Evans 14465 to Draper's printing-office.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

Cited in:

Bristol, B4119

Shipton & Mooney, 42939

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1934

English Short Title Catalog, W2137.

Access Restriction:

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