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FO-The Taking of Teach the Pirate, 1719

7 reprints from 1719-01-01 to 1899-06-01

FO-The Taking of Teach the Pirate, 1719

by Franklin, Benjamin

From unknown source

1719-01-01

part of Franklin’s ballad: So each man to his gun, For the work must be done With cutlass, sword, or pistol. And when we no longer can strike a blow, Then fire the magazine, boys, and up we go! It’s better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol. In 1898 Edward Everett Hale (“Ben Franklin’s

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FO-The Taking of Teach the Pirate, 1719

by Franklin, Benjamin

From unknown source

1719-01-01

first stanza is: Will you hear of a bloody Battle, Lately fought upon the Seas, It will make your Ears to rattle, And your Admiration cease: Have you heard of Teach the Rover, And his Knavery on the Main; How of Gold he was a Lover, How he loved ill got Gain.

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From New England magazine

1890-01-01 · Boston

“Then each man to his gun, For the work must be done With musket, sword, or Pistol; And when we no longer can strike a Blow Then fire the Powder and up we go! Tis better to swim in the Sea below Than to hang in the Air and to feed the Crow, Said jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.”

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From Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society 1880-2008

1896-04-01 · Worcester, Massachusetts

is this : — ‘*So each man to his gun, For the deed must be done By cutlass, sword, or pistol. And when we no longer can strike a blow Then fire the magazine, boys, and up we go! It is better to swim in the sea below Than to hang in the air to feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.

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From New England magazine

1898-06-01 · Boston

ward, of Boston, this spirited verse: “So each man to his gun, For the work must be done With cutlass, sword, or pistol. And when we no longer can strike a blow, Then fire the magazine, boys, and up we go! It’s better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.” Working out from this, I hoped to prove that Benjamin Franklin, at th

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From New England magazine

1898-06-01 · Boston

Will you hear of a bloody Battle, Lately fought upon the Seas, It will make your Ears to rattle, And your Admiration cease; Have you heard of Teach the Rover, And his Knavery on the Main; How of Gold he was a Lover, How he lov’d all ill got Gain.

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From Century Illustrated Magazine (1881-1906)

1899-06-01 · New York

of his earliest writing now extant: Will you hear of a bloody Battle, Lately fought upon the Seas, It will make your Ears to rattle, And your Admiration cease; Have you heard of Teach the Rover, And his Knavery on the Main; How of Gold he was a Lover, How he lov’d all ill got Gain.

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