Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-11-23
TIE SONG OF THE VEMoNTERs.. :

TIE SONG OF THE VEMONTERS.'-
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Ho--all to the borders Vernonters, come down.
With your brooches Of dear-skin, and jackets Of
brown;
With your rcd wooden caps, and your mocca.in.,
To the gathering summons Of trumpe, and drum
Como down with your rifles lie, gray wolf and
fox
Howl on in the shade of their primitive rocks
1t the bear feed securely from pig pen and stall :
Here's a two legged game for your powder and
ball
On our South come the Duchmcn, enveloped in
grease
And, arming for battle, while cnnting for peace /:
On ourEasi crafty Mesechi has gathered his band
10 hang up our leaders, and eat oct our land
Ho--all 10 the rescue For Satan shall work
No gam for his legions of Hampshire and York !
They claim our possessions, the pitiful knaves-
The tribute WE pay, shall be prisons and graves
~. Clinton and Ten Brock with brides in their
hands,
Sa seek 10 divide US, and parcel our land -
We've coats for our traitors whoever they are
The warp is Of TEATHERs--,hc filling of TAR Is
Does the sold bay State" threa,en2 Does Con.
gress complain
SSafms Hampshire in arms on our borders again2
Bark the war dogs of Britain aloud on the lake2
Ls' EN- come;--wha, they cAS, they are welcome
What seek they among us2 1.-The pride ofour wealth
Is eomfou conleniment and labor and health,
and lands which, as ireemen, we only have trod,
ndependen, Of all, save the mercies of God.
let we owe no allegiance; we bow to no throne;
Our ruler Is law, and the law is our own;
oar leaders themselves are our own fellow. men.
Who can handle The sword the scy,he, or the pen
Oar wives are all true, and our daug hters are fair,
WGh their blue eyes OF smiles and their light flow
ing hair:
All brisk ut their wheols ill the dark even fall,
Then bhe a, the sleigh ride, the huskIDg and ball
We've sheep on the hill sides we've cows on the
plain
And gaytasscled corn fields and rank growing
grain;
There are deer en- the mountains, and wood pig
cons fly
From the crack OF our muskets like clouds on Ii,
sky.
And there's fish in our s,reamle,s and rivers which
Their course from the hills 10 our broad bosomec
lake,
Through rock-arched Winooski the salmon leap
| free,
Ani the poorly shad follows all fresh from the sea
Like sunbcsnthe pickerel glides through his pool
And the spotted trout sleeps where the water is COO
VI darts from his shelter Of rock or Of root
At the beavers qusk plunge or the anglers pur
suit
ana ours are the mountains, which awfully rise
III they res, their green heads on TIC blue SHES
Ani ours are the forests unwasted, unshorn,
Save where the wild of the temples, is torn.
Ane though savage & wild be this climate of ours
Ahi brief be our season Of fruits and Of flowers,
Tar dearer the blast round our mountains which
raves,
Than the sweet summer zephyr, which breathc'
over slaves
Hlfrah for VERMONT for the land which we I'll
Mas have sons 10 defend her from valley and hill
lave the harvest to rot on field where II grows
ma he reaping Of wheat for The reaping of foes
from far MehisconTs wild valley, to where
Fooso0msuck s,ees down from his wood circles
hair
ron shocktieook river 10 Lu,eTlock town
No. all 10 the rescued Vermonlers come down
Zone York or come Hampshire, come traitor
and kniyes
!e rule Ger our LAND, We shall rule DER on
ogAyEs
ar vow rs recorded our banner unllIrld
"a lie name Of Vermont we defy all lhe tSor!d 4
ne political history Of Vermont il fnll Of inter
10 l962, New York, by reason Of an exirsor
-'sif grsLi Of Charles II. the duke Of York. claim
jurisdiction over about sixty townships, o
III grants bad been given by the Governor .
a." Hampshire. declaring those grants Illegal
shemP was made 20 oispossess the settlers
- vas reslsied. IVA. New York passed a moe
r'e ls~ against the resisting SeTmonleEs, ala
=. governor 0fioFed large reward for The sppre
n s'on Of he celebrated Ethan Allen, and sevei
- associates. The prescribed persons in iuri
'''e.ea 70 "AR and sssney any person or per
- N-pnioevef that should Be accessory, adm