William McCarty, comp. The American National Song Book. 1842.
Perrys VictoryBy A. S. G.
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Dreadful greeting,
And for carnage fierce, prepare,—
(The Eagle and the Lion there,)
Now the cannon’s awful roar,
Runs along the affrighted shore,
Hear! the groans of wounded, dying!
See! the scatter’d foe are flying!
While the sons of Freedom cry,
Victory!—O Victory!