A Song, composed by the British soldiers, after the battle at Bunker-Hill, on the 17th day of June, 1775

A Song, composed by the British soldiers, after the battle at Bunker-Hill, on the 17th day of June, 1775.

Other author/creator	Draper, Margaret, 1727-1807?, printer.
Other author/creator	Howe, John, 1754-1835, printer.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[Boston] : [Printed at Draper's printing-office?], [1775]
Description	1 sheet : illustrations (relief cut) ; ?⁰.
Supplemental Content	Full text online
Subject(s)	Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775. Women in the book trades. United States--History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Songs and music. United States--History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Campaigns.

General note	Song in twelve stanzas; first line: It was on the seventeenth by break of day, the Yankees did surprise us.
General note	Relief cut of a battle at head of title.
General note	One of two editions, very similar in appearance. In the present edition (Bristol B4119; Shipton & Mooney 42939), there is a comma after the word "Song" in the title, and the fourth line of the sixth stanza begins: O'er hills and dales & mountains high. Another edition (Evans 14465) lacks the comma after "Song" in the title, and the fourth line of the sixth stanza begins: O'er hills & dales & mountains high.
General note	Evans ascribes the edition recorded as Evans 14465 to Draper's printing-office.
General note	Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
References	Bristol, B4119
References	Shipton & Mooney, 42939
References	Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1934
References	English Short Title Catalog, W2137.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/form	Single sheet verse.
Genre/form	Broadsides.
Genre/form	Ballads.

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