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THE RIDE OF TENCH TILGHMAN
THEY'VE marched them out of old Yorktown, the vanquished red-coat host, — The grenadiers and fusiliers, Great Britain's pride and boast; They've left my Lord Cornwallis sitting gnawing at his nails, With pale chagrin from brow to chin that grim defeat prevails. Their banners cased, in sullen haste their pathway they pursue Between the lilied lines of France, the boys in Buff and Blue; At last their arms away are cast, with muttering and frown, The while the drums roll out the tune The World Turned Upside Down!
It's up, Tench Tilghman, you must ride, Yea, you must ride straightway, And bear to all the countryside The glory of this day, Crying amain the glad refrain, This word by field and town, — "Cornwallis' ta'en! Cornwallis' ta'en! The World Turned Upside Down!"