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'Paul Revere’s Ride,' by Longfellow: "On the 18th of April in Seventy Five ... "
poets.org ^ | 1860 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Posted on 04/17/2020 7:18:18 PM PDT by rintintin

Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year.

He said to his friend, “If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,— One if by land, and two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country-folk to be up and to arm.”

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To: Paal Gulli

As the clock struck twelve that fateful night
In the town of Boston, Mass!
Our forefathers were sound asleep, of course.

From beneath their windows came a noise
That almost broke the glass,
‘Twas a wild-eyed horseman on a breathless horse.

So our forefathers called out, “Who goes here?”
And the horseman answered, “Paul Revere!”
So our forefathers climbed out of bed,
And they went to the window and said,

“Go to sleep, go to sleep, Paul Revere,
Please don’t make all that noise around here,
How can we rest when from down in the street,
Comes the clomping and the stomping of your horse’s big feet?”

“Go away or we’ll call the police,
And report you’re disturbing the peace.
Stop horsing around in the dark of the night,
Tell those people at the Old North church to turn out that light!”

“Whatever you’re trying to say, it’ll keep,
Go to sleep, Paul Revere, go to sleep!”

“Are you planning to stay until dawn?
Won’t you please get that horse off my lawn!
You’re drunk and disorderly, feeling your oats,
Tell those strangers behind you to take off those silly red coats!”

“While you’re carrying on, like the British are here,
Go to sleep, go to sleep, Paul Revere (Rule Britannia!)
Go to sleep, go to sleep, Paul Revere (Yankee Doodle!)
Go to sleep, go to sleep, Paul Revere” (Martial music!)

“Go to sleep, go to sleep, Paul Revere (gunfire!)
Go to sleep, go to sleep, Paul Revere (cannon shots!)
Go to sleep, go to sleep, Paul Revere (rearing horses!)
Go to sleep, go to sleep, Paul Revere (Now go to sleep! I told you to go to sleep! This is all your fault!)

“The KING will hear of this!!!”

Allan Sherman 1965


41 posted on 04/17/2020 11:13:22 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: rintintin

No offense to Revere but read the story of 16 year old Sybil Ludington. She rode a 40 mile round trip on her horse “Star’’on the night of April 26, 1777 to warn the Putnam County New York militia that the British were marching on Danbury, Conn. to seize the Danbury’s milita’s powder and muskets.

By contrast Reveres ride was only 12 miles.


42 posted on 04/18/2020 12:10:45 AM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: rintintin

You have given me an earworm :) For 50 yers, I have heard or been able to hear this sung as part of the “Song of America”, written by Roy Ringwald and narrated/sung by Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, on an LP.

In fact, I’m going to listen to the MP3 I made, right now.


43 posted on 04/18/2020 3:14:47 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: jimfree
We are demonstrating in Annapolis tomorrow. Noticed the specialness of the date after we had scheduled it.

Excellent timing.

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44 posted on 04/18/2020 4:05:38 AM PDT by meadsjn
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To: Songcraft

Dang!
.
That looked
Like a Tasty Brew,Bro!


45 posted on 04/18/2020 4:24:32 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (He Hath Not Given Us A Spirit Of Fear)
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To: Captain7seas
Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere Samual Prescott

Sorry but that doesn't rhyme....

46 posted on 04/18/2020 4:26:05 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (How did I survive the Swine flu and the killer flu of 2017-18 without govt. help?)
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To: ebshumidors

Appleseed,,
I did One Day
Of Two,
‘Bout killed me!
Very Educational.


47 posted on 04/18/2020 4:28:32 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (He Hath Not Given Us A Spirit Of Fear)
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To: rintintin

Distantly. But proudly.


48 posted on 04/18/2020 7:10:37 AM PDT by sanjuanbob (Yes, I CAN take a joke /s)
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To: jimfree

Please ping me if you post a report of your demonstration in Annapolis. TIA


49 posted on 04/18/2020 7:35:26 AM PDT by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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To: rintintin

Big thrill to visit the Old North Church on our trip to Boston in 2017.


50 posted on 04/18/2020 7:36:33 AM PDT by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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To: rintintin; Jane Long; broken_clock; Fiddlstix; Beowulf9; sanjuanbob; pinkandgreenmom; woodpusher; ..
Happy Patriot's Day to all FReepers!


51 posted on 04/18/2020 7:45:23 AM PDT by poconopundit (Joe Biden has long been the Senate's court jester. He's 24/7 malarkey and more corrupt than Hunter.)
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To: poconopundit

How fitting this is...thank you my friend...

I have a folder that I put all your stuff in, it is amazing...one of my favorites is Paul Revere...

Thank you for this...


52 posted on 04/18/2020 7:59:19 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ("I stand for the Flag; I kneel for the Cross.")
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53 posted on 04/18/2020 8:08:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I took these Wednesday to get out of the house.


54 posted on 04/18/2020 8:14:38 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit - Aeneas to his fellow shipwrecked refugees)
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To: rintintin

55 posted on 04/18/2020 8:18:31 AM PDT by real saxophonist (If you don't have a gun, sell some toilet paper, and go buy a gun. - Colion Noir)
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The keywords for all four riders, chrono sorted, duplicates out, otherwise very little editing.

56 posted on 04/18/2020 8:30:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Nice!

57 posted on 04/18/2020 9:28:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Is that the actual bridge he rode over and the path?


58 posted on 04/18/2020 10:09:52 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: poconopundit

Really like this!


59 posted on 04/18/2020 10:27:39 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

This happened a little before I was born in Medford.

Well -— a little more than a little.


60 posted on 04/18/2020 10:35:57 AM PDT by Exit148
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