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At tend_ you all good countrymen_ my name is Billy_ Green_
And I_ will tell of things_ I did_ when_ I was just nine_- teen_
I helped_ defeat the Yank invader_ there can be no-o_ doubt_
Yet la_-tely men for get_ the name_ of_ Billy_ Green the Scout_
'Twas on_ a Sunday morn' in June when first_ we heard_ the sound_
Three thou_-sand Yankees_ on the road_ to camp_ below Green_- town_
Two Ge_-nerals_ Ar tillery_ and_ Company of_ horse_
With ma_-ny rank and file afoot_ they were_ a mighty force_
Says I_ to brother_ Levi_ "Well_ we still_ can have some fun!_
We'll creep_ and whoop like In-di-ans to try to make them_ run!"_
Which then_ we did both loud and long much to the Yanks' dis may_
They fired_ their pop-gun muskets once and then_ they ran a way!_
Well first_ they plundered Stoney Creek and_ then John Gage's farm_
They cut his fences for their fires al though the day was_ warm_
They bound_ my brother_ Isaac up and_ took him_ from his home_
They pillaged all_ the countryside_ no mer_-cy there was shown_
Then says I_ to my self_ "Now Billy_ this_ will never_ do_
Those scur_-vy Yanks_ are not the match_ for Loyalists like_ you"_
My brother's_ horse_ I quickly caught_ and_ put him_ to a run_
And reached_ the British_ camp_ upon_ the Heights of Burling ton_
Says I_ to Colo_-nel Har_-vey_ "Now_ let there be no de lay_
If we're_ to reach the Yan_-kee camp_ be fore the break of_ day_
I'll take_ you through the woods by_ night where I know every_ tree_
And ere_ the dawn you su rely can_ sur prise_ the ene my"_
With men_ and guns_ we then set forth_ the e_-ne my_ to seek_
A cross_ the beach_ at Burlington_ and then to Red Hill_ Creek;_
We came_ upon their sentries we sur prised them every_ one_
One died_ upon my sword_ and all_ the others_ off they run_
And so_ it was_ we were in place one hour_ before_ dawn_
We fired_ three times u pon the camp_ and then we marched_ a long_
We fired_ again and charged as Colonel Harvey gave_ the word_
And put_ the enemy_ to fight with ba-yo-net and_ sword!_
With great_ confusion in_ the camp_ two Ge-ne-rals were caught_
The Colo_-nel and his men made their ar- til-le-ry as_ naught_
We killed over two hundred and_ we captured all the rest;_
Nor did_ we lose but eighty men;_ of them_ we had the best_
And so_ it was I played the man_ though I was but nine teen_
I led our forces through the night that_ this land_ would be free_
I foiled_ the Yank invaders and I_ helped put them to route_
So_ let no man_ forget the name_ of Billy_ Green_ the Scout!_
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