grummer

• And grummer, grummer, grummer rolled the roll of the drummer, —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
• _And grummer, grummer, grummer, rolled the roll of the drummer_ —  America First Patriotic Readings
• And grummer, grummer, grummer, rolled the roll of the drummer —  America First Patriotic Readings
• And grummer, grummer, grummer, rolled the roll of the drummer, —  Hero Tales from American History
• In their ragged regimentals Stood the old continentals Yielding not When the grenadiers were lunging And like hail fell the plunging Cannon-shot When the files Of the isles From the smoky night encampment, bore the banner of the rampant Unicorn And grummer, grummer, grummer rolled the roll of the drummer Through the morn Then with eyes to the front all And with guns horizontal Stood our sires And the balls whistled deadly And in streams flashing redly Blazed the fires As the roar On the shore Swept the strong battle-breakers o'er the green-sodded acres Of the plain And louder, louder, louder cracked the black gunpowder Cracking amain Now like smiths at their forges Worked the red St. George's Cannoneers And the "villainous saltpetre Rung a fierce, discordant metre Round their ears As the swift Storm-drift With hot sweeping anger, came the horse-guards' clangor On our flanks Then higher, higher, higher burned the old-fashioned fire Through the ranks Then the old-fashioned colonel Galloped through the white infernal Powder-cloud And his broad-sword was swinging And his brazen throat was ringing Trumpet loud Then the blue Bullets flew And the trooper-jackets redden at the touch of the leaden Rifle-breath And rounder, rounder, rounder roared the iron six pounder Hurling death NATHAN HALE FRANCIS MILES FINCH Sidenote: Sept. 22, 1776] After the retreat from Long Island, Washington needed information as to the British strength. —  Poems of American Patriotism

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