See Keppel's flag once more display'd; upon the deck he stands ; Old England's glory ne'er can fade or tarnish in his hands.

So a-cruising we will go, etc..

Be England to herself but true, to France defiance hurl'd,
Give peace, America, with you, and war with all the world.
And a-cruising we will go, etc.

ON BOARD OF THE 'ARETHUSA'

Come, all ye jolly sailors bold,

Whose hearts are cast in honour's mould,
While British glory I unfold

Huzza to the Arethusa !

She is a frigate tight and brave
As ever stemm'd the dashing wave:
Her men are staunch

To their fav'rite launch ;

And when the foe shall meet our fire,
Sooner than strike we'll all expire
On board of the Arethusa.

'Twas with the spring fleet she went out,
The English Channel to cruize about,
When four French sail, in show so stout,
Bore down on the Arethusa.

The fam'd Belle Poule straight ahead did lie:
The Arethusa seem'd to fly;

Not a sheet nor a tack

Or a brace did she slack,

Tho' the Frenchmen laugh'd, and thought it stuff,
But they knew not the handful of men how tough
On board of the Arethusa.

On deck five hundred men did dance,
The stoutest they could find in France;
We with two hundred did advance,
On board of the Arethusa.

Our captain hail'd the Frenchman, ‘Ho!'
The Frenchman then cried out, 'Hallo!'

'Bear down; d'ye see?

To our admiral's lee.'

'No, no,' says the Frenchman, 'that can't be.'
'Then I must lug you along with me,'
Says the saucy Arethusa.

The fight was off the Frenchman's land.
We forc'd them back upon the strand;
For we fought till not a stick would stand
Of the gallant Arethusa.

And, now we have driven the foe ashore,
Never to fight with Britons more,
Let each fill a glass

To his favourite lass;

A health to the captain and officers true
And all that belong to the jovial crew
On board of the Arethusa.

THE GREENLAND MEN

A excellent new song, composed by 18 Greenlandmen in the Swan Tender hold in Leith Roads, June 2d, 17780 [sic].

To the Tune We'll go no more to Greenland in a ship that has no guns.

On board the noble Ann, 27th. of March, from Shields to Green

land we set sail,

The wind it blowing fair with a sweet and pleasant gale.
We had not sailed many days when Fair Isle we did see,
But on the next day morning in with a privateer fell we,
We'll
go, etc.

She bore down upon us, and upon our quarter she did come;
She hoisted French colours and to windward fired a gun;
This greatly did surprize us, and to quarters we did go.

It never shall be said, my boys, but the noble Ann will face the foe.

We'll go, etc.

All hands being at quarters to work we did begin;

The first broadside she gave us down our topsailyards did

come.

Our captain call'd, 'Don't be afraid, but fight away, like men;
It never shall be said, my boys, that we will run from them.'
We'll go, etc.

Our guns being few in number, the number being but five,
To fire them it is needless till we can him espy.

He play'd upon our bow and quarter; the shot it came like hail :
To get our guns to bear upon him made us both curse and rail.
We'll go, etc.

Our guns set for the best advantage alongside they did come.
We said we need not fire till execution [could] be done ;

As soon as they bore upon him we immediately let drive,

And wounded three of his Irishmen. 'Tis a pity we left them alive.

We'll go, etc.

Our captain walked the quarterdeck like a lion stout,

Cry'd, 'Don't let it be said, my boys, we cowardly give it out.'

Our running ropes, sails, and rigging being all shot away,
Our ship in this condition could neither wear nor stay.

We'll go, etc.

We fought them five glasses, but found it all in vain ;

You see she carries 18 guns and we're sure for to be taken;

Our captain cry'd, 'What must we do? To strike it will be best; The cutter never will leave us until they see us lost.'

We'll go, etc.

Then seeing us an inferior force they unto us did shout,
Saying, 'You poor English dogs, why don't you give it out?'
We found it was in vain to fight; down colours we did hawl;
'Hoist out your boat and come aboard' [unto] us, they did call.
We'll go, etc.

O then our captain went aboard, and part of our noble crew. They beat the captain on the head and swore they would run him through;

Now into their hold they put us, bound into irons strong,

And for twelve days they kept us where we were thick and throng. We'll go, etc.

The first meal that they gave us was calavances and salt beef,
Which made us curse fortune and wish for some relief;

We lying in this condition, for Ireland Captain Ray in did push

Unto the Irish Channel, where he was bound to cruise.
We'll go, etc.

They had not cruised many days, but only four or five,
Until they spied the Friends brig and soon made her a prize;
But cruising two days longer in breast of Boron Head,
Which proved to our advantage, they took the Jenny brig.
We'll go, etc.

Ransom being made for her, it being all agreed

For to knock off our irons and put us aboard with speed,
We're now on board the Jenny. To Glasgow she is bound,
And to secure us from the press we landed in a Highland sound.
We'll go, etc.

Now to our joy and comfort we're landed all on shore,

And to Newcastle we are bound, to see our friends once more.
But travelling thro' the Highlands, the people, very poor,
They scarce would admit us to come within their door.
We'll go, etc.

We being in this condition we travelled long and sore,
But as we came to the southward more pity they did show,
At last meeting with one John Robson, who proved very kind,
And for three days he kept us and maintained us like a friend.
We'll go, etc.

After this refreshment on our journey we do proceed,
But coming near to Edinburgh we met a rogue indeed,
Who pretended to be our friend, but [with] an evil eye,
For then he did deceive us, as we in the barns did lie.
We'll go, etc.

Next morning after two o'clock 50 of Neper's gang
Came with sword and pistol to take 10 naked men.
They finding us able seamen, as we knew very well,
They gave us such an offer as is a s'ame to tell.

We'll go, etc.

Now we are all taken, and to Leith we do come

Before Captain Neper to receive our doom.

We were that night in two barns as we were ne'er before,

Or we had broke some of these ruffians' heads and made them for

to roar.

We'll go, etc.

He told us we might enter if that we would pay

Forty shillings a man to the rogue that did us betray;

But Neper's high offer we rejected with disdain,

But we'll fight for our King against France and against Spain.
We'll go, etc.

But I hope in short time sweet peace will be restor❜d,
And the Devil will have Neper tho' we're in the hold.
When peace is restor❜d to Leith we will come,

To pay Neper and his men for what they have done.
We'll go, etc.

Come, all you jolly seamen that to Greenland do go,

We wish you good success, alltho' we go no more,

For we are forced to serve the King on board of a man-o-war ;
But expects to return with gold and silver store.
We'll go, etc.

ADMIRAL KEPPEL TRIUMPHANT; OR,

MONSIEURS IN THE SUDS.

Each bold British tar,

Who ne'er dreads wound or scar,

Now to honour and glory advance;

Never let it be told

That Britons so bold

Shall stoop to be conquer'd by France.

This American war

Had ne'er gone on so far

Had they not been supported by France;

But Keppel so brave,

Such music he'll have,

Will teach them the Old English dance.