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What no preplaced warm spots with clear fields of fire up in the trees. And plenty of food laid in, and on 4 feet for fresh?

For fun and a light heart in the fight to come. From the American Revolution:

The Riflemen of Bennington:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIUf7-tDBNY

Why come ye hither, Redcoats, your minds what madness fills?
In our valleys there is danger, and there’s danger in our hills.
Oh, hear ye not the singing of the bugle wild and free?
And soon you’ll know the ringing of the rifle from the tree.

CHORUS:
For the rifle, For the rifle
In our hands will prove no trifle.

Ye ride a goodly steed, ye may know another master;
Ye forward came with speed, but you’ll learn to back much faster.
Then you’ll meet our Mountain Boys and their leader Johnny Stark,
Lads who make but little noise, Lads who always hit the mark.

CHORUS:
For the rifle, For the rifle
In our hands will prove no trifle.

Have ye no graves at home, across the briny waters?
That thither ye must come like bullocks to the slaughter.
If we the work must do, why, the sooner ‘tis begun,
If flint and trigger hold but true, the quicker it’twill be done.