Beautiful old song, entitled, The Duke of Gordon's three daughters/The Challenge

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Beautiful old song, entitled, The Duke of Gordon's three daughters
The Challenge
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The Challenge.

You Gallic Gasconaders,
your boats of war prepare,
And prove yourselves invaders
of Britain—if you dare ,
All eager, arm’d, and steady,
on shore and on the seas,
Her gallant sons are ready,
to meet you when you please.

September's reign is ended.
her harvest safely home,
Then why, if you intend it,
do you delay to come ?
The rights are long and dark enough,
your passage to secure ;
But lest the weather should be rough,
your fleets of boats insure.

Britannia though a small land,
possesses wondrous wealth;
Old Italy and Holand,
and all you gain'd by stealth;
And all you got by downright force;
with it cannot compare,
There you may fill each empty purse,
and feast on princely fare,

But mark, in this same spot of earth,
a native plant is found,
Which from the day that gave it birth,
has bloom'd all seasons round;
’Tis deadly poison to the touch
of tyrants and of slaves,
And sure as fate, ye French and Dutch,
will send you to your graves.

Then come you gasconaders,
with all your boats of war,
And prove yourselves invaders,
of Britain—if you dare;
All eager arm’d, and steady,
on shore and on the seas,
Her gallant sons are ready,
to meet you when you please.



FINIS


This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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