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 Come learn of me ye patriot-fair, Nor make a ſingle man your care,
 * But ſigh for all the nation.

AtewelArewel [sic] my dear jewel, my own heart's delight, Since war now alarms you in battle to fight, Acroſs the wide billows, quite over the main, Never, no never ſhall I ſee you again


 * For her true love ſhe moan'd by night & by day,

And exclaim'd 'gainſt thoſe that forc'd him away, I wiſh that the ſword in their breaſt may remain, Till my true love returns to my arms back again.


 * My life for his ſake, I freely would yield,

It grieves me to think that his blood ſhould be ſpill'd; I'll go into battle where bullets they do fly, I'll fight for my love for my true love I'll die.


 * The drums did beat and the trumpets did ſound,

The cannons were roaring & ſhaking the ground, Her heart it did tremble between hope and fear, Yet ſhe found out the young man ſhe loved ſo dear.


 * Acroſs the wide ocean I'll ſwim on my breaſt,

Till I find out my true love I never can reſt, I wiſh that the bullets may miſs him and fly, And ſtrike thro' the hears of his great enemy.


 * When the battle was over, ſhe flew to his arms,

He thought that an angel appeared in her charms; In his arms he embrac'd her all joy to reſtore, But I cannot return till the wars are all o'er.


 * She went to his Captain and to him did ſay,

For this young man's diſcharge 40 guineas I'll pay Reſolved to marry the man I adore, For I never can ſtay till the stars are all o'er.