. American war ballads and lyrics: a collection of the songs and ballads of the colonial wars, the revolution, the war of 1812-15, the war with Mexico, and the civil war . V IvOVEWELIvS FIGHT. [This ballad, written in 1725, soon after the battle ofMay 8th, in that year, was said by a contemporary writerto be the most beloved song in all New England,though Chevy Chace had been known there almost aswell as in old England. The name of the author is lost tous, but his work has been preserved in Penhallows His-tory of the Wars of New England with the Eastern In-dians, 1726. The ballad is rude and d
. American war ballads and lyrics: a collection of the songs and ballads of the colonial wars, the revolution, the war of 1812-15, the war with Mexico, and the civil war . V IvOVEWELIvS FIGHT. [This ballad, written in 1725, soon after the battle ofMay 8th, in that year, was said by a contemporary writerto be the most beloved song in all New England,though Chevy Chace had been known there almost aswell as in old England. The name of the author is lost tous, but his work has been preserved in Penhallows His-tory of the Wars of New England with the Eastern In-dians, 1726. The ballad is rude and destitute of poeticquality ; but it has extraordinary interest as the earliestAmerican war ballad known to us as having been dear tothe hearts of the people who sang or recited it. It hasinterest, also, as a reflection of manners. The commen-dation bestowed upon the chaplain for scalping Indiansas well as killing them is suggestive.—Editor.] 13. LOVEWELLS FIGHT. OF worthy Captain Lovewell, I purpose now to sing,How valiantly he served his country and his king ;He and his valiant soldiers did range the woods full wide,And hardships they endured to quell the Indians pride. T was nigh unto Pigwacket, on the eighth day of May,They spied a rebel Indian soon after break of day ;He on a bank was walking, upon a neck of laud,Which leads into a pond as w^e re made to understand. 14 %ovc\vc\Vb 3Ff9bt 15 Our meu resolved to have him, aud travelled two miles round,Until they met the Indian, who boldly stood his ground ;Then up speaks Captain Lovewell : Take you good heed, says he,This rogue is to decoy us, I very plainly see. The Indians lie in ambush, in some place nigh at order to surround us upon this neck of land ;Therefore we 11 march in order, and each man leave his pack ;That we may briskly fight them, when they make their attack. They came unto this Indian, who did them thus defy,As soon as they came nigh him, two guns he
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