William McCarty, comp. The American National Song Book. 1842.
Perrys VictoryO
Did the fleet of Old England exultingly ride;
Till the flag of Columbia her Perry unfurl’d,
The boast of the west, and the pride of the world.
To the van of the fight, while the Lawrence he leads;
There death dealt around, though such numbers oppose,
And levell’d the gun at fair Liberty’s foes.
And left the Niagara the fight to renew;
Where, undaunted in danger, our sea-beaten tars
O’er the cross of St. George waved the stripes and the stars.
Submitted to tars who were born to subdue;
When they rush’d to the battle, resolved to maintain
The freedom of trade and our right to the main!
Let their brows with the bright naval chaplet be bound!
For still should the foe dare the fight to sustain,
Gallant Perry shall lead them to conquest again.