A Song composed by the British soldiers, after the battle at Bunker-Hill, on the 17th day of June, 1775
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 14465
Publisher: Printed at Draper's printing-office
Published: 1775
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: History; Songs and music; Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775; Campaigns
Other titles: It was on the seventeenth by break of day, the Yankees did surprise us.
Notes: Song in twelve stanzas; first line: It was on the seventeenth by break of day, the Yankees did surprise us.

Imprint supplied by Evans.

Relief cut of a battle at head of title; printed area measures 32.5 x 13.1 cm.

One of two editions, very similar in appearance. In the present edition (Evans 14465), there is no comma after the word "Song" in the title, and the fourth line of the sixth stanza begins: O'er hills & dales & mountains high. Another edition (Bristol B4119; Shipton & Mooney 42939) has a comma after "Song" in the title, and the fourth line of the sixth stanza begins: O'er hills and dales & mountains high.

Evans 14465

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1934