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William McCarty, comp. The American National Song Book. 1842.

The Battle of Chippewa

Charles L. S. Jones

Tune—“The Campbells are coming”

THE YANKEES are coming, their bugles sound far;

The Yankees are coming, brave Brown for the war;

The Yankees are coming, the foemen shall feel

The shot of their rifles, the force of their steel.

When foreign invaders, insulting and stern,

The battle-shock seek, from our arms they shall learn

That, firmly united, and dauntless and free,

We rally, unmoved, round our liberty tree.

The Yankees are coming; on Chippewa’s shores

The doubling drum rattles, the musketry roars;

The Yankees are coming; fair Freedom shall crown

With circlets of laurel her valiant chief, Brown!
When foreign invaders, &c.

The Yankees are coming, the fierce charge is beating;

The Yankees are coming, the foes are retreating;

The Yankees are coming, old Chippewa’s flood

Hears the pale foeman shriek, as the shore drinks his blood.
When foreign invaders, &c.

The Yankees are coming, but back from their slaughter;

The Yankees are coming, whilst proud, o’er the water,

The bugle of victory swells high the strain,

As they march to their firesides, in triumph, again.
When foreign invaders, &c.