Hull's Victory, or, Huzzah for the Constitution

DESCRIPTION: "Ye true sons of freedom give ear to my song While the praise of brave Hull I attempt to prolong." The fight with the Guerrriere is described. The sailors are going home. They expect to sail again, and to be victorious, and cheer "our brave Captain"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1842 (American National Songbook of 1832); broadsides appear to go back to at least 1813
KEYWORDS: sea war battle ship
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Aug 19, 1812 - the 44-gun Constitution defeats and captures the 38-gun Guerriere
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors, pp. 214-215, "Hull's Victory" (1 text, 1 tune, the latter probably not original)
Roud #V50491
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Constitution and the Guerriere" [Laws A6] (subject) and references there
File: LaGo214

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