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

On the Late Royal Sloop of War, General Monk

Philip Freneau (1752–1832)

WHEN the Washington ship by the English was beat,

They sent her to England to show their great feat,

And Sandwich, straightway, as a proof of his spunk,

Dash’d out her old name and call’d her the Monk.

“This Monk hated rebels, (said Sandy,) ’od rot ’em,

So heave her down quickly and copper her bottom;

With the sloops of our navy we’ll have her enrolled,

And mann’d with pick’d sailors to make her feel bold.

“To show that our king is both valiant and good,

Some guns shall be iron, and others be wood;

And, in truth, (though I wish not the secret to spread,)

All her guns should be wooden—to suit with his head.”