River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-26

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song and there with a shout;
s1,t,a,,,,,s hero in a flash and there in flame,
And thew feer and jeer at King Georges
name. 800 114
The Tories may buster and fuster and fret
R1t the Liberty Boys will beat them yet;
And the chief of the Boys is Robert Sallette.
Robert sallette-his limbs are long.
And his good right arm is uncommonly
strong.
He rides like a centaur, he swims IKE ilsh'
And the Liberty Boys will rise at ms WISH
And the Tories have never a chahce "
The name and the fame of Robert sallette.
There's a gentleman Tory, rich and old;
He has bought up acres and hoardeo up
gold.
He sits IN his house never making noise,
For fear of a visit from the Liberty Boys.
And he saws aloud: "a price l will set
on the head Of this traitor, Robert Sallette
"Oh, Governor Wright is mild and kind,
And justice and mercy are much to his
mind;
But a harsher voice than his should be
heard
To uphold the cause of King George the
Third,
And to silence this horrible noise that comes
From Boston way Of flies ard drums
One hundred guineas the man shall get
Who will bring me the head of Robert Sal
lette!
The Tory sits in his old oak chair,
With arms and blaZOnry carven fair;
He sits and quakes, and his very heart
aches,
And not even the ghost Of a noise he makes;
For news came last night that the Boys
would ride;
And he hears the tramp Of horse outside, :
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And the soul within him sits cold with
dread.
There falls on the door a thuroerous knock,
And it jars his ear like a lannon's shock.
And into the room there strides, before
The trembling darby can close the door,
A stalwart man with ponderous sack,
A sword at his side and a gun a his back.
He drops the sack with heavy thump,
And it strikes the floor like a leaden lump,
And he says, with look so stern and bright
1t seems to pierce like sword Of light:
"a hundred guineas / come to get,
For I bring you the head of Robert Sal
letter.
The Tory starts, and his heart grows sick,
And his eyes grow dim, and his breath
comes quick,
As he stares at the thing that buIges round
At the end Of the sack that lies on the
"show me the head, ere you speak so bold!"
NAY" quoth the stranger. First, the
gold!
have ridden too fast and ridden too far,
And have seen too much Of your Liberty
War,
To run risk at the very end.
So out with your money, my loyal friend,
And then, / promise you, you shall get
A sight of the head of Robert Sallette"
The gold rings out on the table there;
1t lies in a heap both broad and fair,
A glittering pyramid rich and rare,
OutshiniDg Egypt's, beyond compare.
The stranger laughs at the splendid sight,
But again his look is stern and bright.
"a bargains a bargain, friend" he said
"You pay right we'll for homely head!
FOr"-he swung his hat from his forehead
clear
"The head of Robert Sallette is-here!'
There's a man who rides. and sings as he
rides
And shakes in his saddle, and claps his
sides,
For glee at hearing the guireas chink
In his pockets so merrily-tink! tink! tinki
He laughs "Ha! ha!' and he laughs "Ho!
hov'
And he's off to the forest like shaft from
bow.
my fine old friend. t will be some time yet
Ere 1 part with the head of Robert Sal
letter.
There's a Tory gentleman, rich and old,
Who sits and quakes with an icy cold,
His teeth they chatter with fear and rage,
And he says some things unbecoming his
age,
AS he glares at the ground and at some
thing round
That rolls from a sack with a humping
sound.
He grumbles and groans, and he savagely
tears
In painful way at his grizzled hairs;
And he cries: ooh the murderous, traitor
Gus pumpkin!
Instead of his head, he's left me pump
KIM!
Laura E. Richards, in st. Nicholas.