William McCarty, comp. The American National Song Book. 1842.
Old Queen CharlotteA
Our brave noble forces was scorning,
She wished to be merry, and call’d for some Perry,
September the tenth in the morning;
When brisk Perry came she found him true game,
To her cost too he gave her a warning,
So let her be merry and remember Perry,
September the tenth in the morning.
A fleet was descried in the morning.
’Twas Queen Charlotte’s fleet, so handsome and neat,
In a bold line of battle were forming;
But when evening came—though the fleet were the same,
That our brave noble forces were scorning,
They were beat so complete, that they yielded the fleet
To the one they despised in the morning.
When Yankees gave Britons a warning,
When our foes on Lake Erie were beaten and weary,
So full of conceit in the morning.
To the skilful and brave, who our country did save,
Our gratitude ought to be warming,
So let us be merry in toasting of Perry
September the tenth in the morning.