 | Solomon Smith - Theater - 1868 - 292 pages
...o' water; Plat-te-burg dar too, close 'pon de main ; Town email— he grow bigger, do', tierearter. On Lake Champlain Uncle Sam set he boat, An' Massa...home Wid de army, whose courage nebber fail 'em." In the winter of 1816 the father of the American stage became the sole proprietor of the Shakspeare... | |
 | Solomon Smith - Theater - 1868 - 282 pages
...Champlain, Little pond half full o' water; Plat-te-burg dar too, close 'pon de main ; Town small—he grow bigger, do', herearter. On Lake Champlain Uncle...Macdonough he sail 'em; While Gineral Macomb make Plat-te-trarg he home Wid de army, whose courage nebber fail 'em." In the winter of 1816 the father... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1874 - 706 pages
...Plat-te-burg dar too, close 'pon de main ; Town small — he grow bigger, do', herearter. On I.ake Champlain Uncle Sam set he boat, An' Massa Macdonough,...'em, While Gineral Macomb make Plat-te-burg he home We'd de army, whose courage neber fail 'em. On lebenth day Sep-tem-ber, In eighteen hun'red and fourteen,... | |
 | Henry Pitt Phelps - Biography & Autobiography - 1880 - 436 pages
...herearter. " On Lake Champlain Uncle Sam set he boat, An Massa McDonoush he sail 'em; While General Macomb make Platte-burg he home Wid de army whose courage nebber fail 'em." George Washington Dixon, before mentioned, was the man who led the way to this class of entertainments,... | |
 | John Joseph Jennings - Circus - 1882 - 644 pages
...berearter. On Lake Champlain Uncle Sam set he boat An' Massa McDonough he sail 'em; While' Genera! Macomb make Platteburg he home Wid de army whose courage nebber fail 'em. (367) Daddy Rice was employed in Ludlow & Smith's Southern theatre as property-man, lamp-lighter, stage... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - New York (State) - 1888 - 668 pages
...Champlain Uncle Sam set he boat, An4 Maesa Maedonough -nil 'em ; While Gineral Macomb make Plat-te-bnrgh he home Wid de army whose courage nebber fail 'em. On 'lebenth day Sep-tem-ber, In eighteen hun'rcd and fourteen, Gnbbemor Probose an' he British eo-ler Come to Plat-te-burgh a tea-party courtln'.... | |
 | Laurence Hutton - Literary Criticism - 1890 - 378 pages
...full of water; Pln'.-tc burg dar too, close 'pon de main: Town small; be grow big, dough, herea'ter. "On Lake Champlain Uncle Sam set he boat. An' Massa Macdonough he sail 'em ; ЛVhile General Macomb make Plat te-burg he home. Wid de army whose courage iiebbcr fail 'em." Andrew... | |
 | David W. Blight, Brooks D. Simpson - History - 1997 - 260 pages
...water, Plattburg dar too close upon de main, Town small he grow bigger doe here arter, On Lake Shamplain Uncle Sam set he boat An Massa Macdonough he sail 'em, While Gen'ral Maccomb, Make Plattburg he home, Wid he army whose courage nebber fail 'em Bow wow wow den... | |
 | United States - 1874 - 584 pages
...applause, and a prize by his performance. The following is a copy of the famous ballad : — Back side Albany Stan' Lake Champlain, Little pond half full...Macdonough, he sail 'em, While Gineral Macomb make Plat-le-burghe home We'd de army, whose courage neber fail 'em. On lebenth day Sep-tem-ber, In eighteen... | |
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Backside Albany stan' Lake Champlain, Little pond half full o' water; Plat-te-burg dar too, close 'pon de main; Town small — he grow bigger, do', herearter. On Lake Champlain Uncle Sam set he boat, An... 