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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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
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.
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.
Excellent timing.
Dang!
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That looked
Like a Tasty Brew,Bro!
Sorry but that doesn't rhyme....
Appleseed,,
I did One Day
Of Two,
‘Bout killed me!
Very Educational.
Distantly. But proudly.
Please ping me if you post a report of your demonstration in Annapolis. TIA
Big thrill to visit the Old North Church on our trip to Boston in 2017.
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...
I took these Wednesday to get out of the house.
The keywords for all four riders, chrono sorted, duplicates out, otherwise very little editing.
Nice!
Is that the actual bridge he rode over and the path?
Really like this!
This happened a little before I was born in Medford.
Well -— a little more than a little.
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