 | Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - 1882 - 420 pàgines
...recruitingofficers ; and when he saw any likely lads among the crowd, he would strike up this doggerel stave : "All you that have bad masters, And cannot get your due ; Come, come, my brave boys, And join our ship's crew !" Then the patriotic bystanders raised a shout and a cheer ; and some excitable youths... | |
 | Willis John Abbot - 1890 - 490 pàgines
...alluring, especially to the young. He was a jovial, good-natured fellow, of ready wit and much broad humor. When he espied any large boys among the idle crowd...get your due, Come, come, my brave boys, And join our ship's crew.' "A shout and a huzza would follow, and some would join in the ranks. My excitable... | |
 | Ralph Delahaye Paine - 1912 - 642 pàgines
...multitude in order to excite their patriotism. When he espied any large boys among the idle crowd crowded around him he would attract their attention by singing in a comical manner: '"All you that have bad Masters, And cannot get your due, Come, come, my brave boys And join our ship's... | |
 | Ralph Delahaye Paine - 1923 - 342 pàgines
...tyrants. The master gunner of the Aurora stood upon a table and led them in singing a chorus which ran: " All you that have bad masters And cannot get your due, Come, come my brave boys And join our ship's crew." No urging was required to fill the berth deck of the Aurora with likely men. Most... | |
 | W.J. Rorabaugh - 1988 - 285 pàgines
...or prize money he earned. Ebenezer listened to a naval recruiter, who stood in the street and sang: All you that have bad masters, And cannot get your...come, my brave boys, And join with our ship's crew. So he enlisted. At the end of the war Ebenezer returned to Boston to his master. The youth showed his... | |
 | Harry M. Ward - 1999 - 324 pàgines
...attract their attention by singing in a comical manner the following doggerel: "All you that have had masters And cannot get your due; Come, come, my brave...boys. And join with our ship's crew." A shout and huzza would follow, and some would join in the ranks. My excitable feelings were roused; I repaired... | |
 | Stephanie Grauman Wolf - 1994 - 348 pàgines
...the babe was mortal. REMINISCENCES OF A CONNECTICUT WOMAN IN 1800, ON AN EVENT THAT OCCURRED IN 1760 All you that have bad masters And cannot get your due; Come, come, my brave boys, And join our ship's crew. SAILORS' RECRUITING SONG: SUNG WHILE PARADING THROUGH THE STREETS WITH FLAGS AND MARTIAL... | |
 | Steven Mintz - 2004 - 472 pàgines
...recruits among disgruntled teenaged apprentices. An officer of the Massachusetts ship Protector sang: All you that have bad masters, And cannot get your...come my brave boys, And join with our ship's crew. Boys who were attending school or working as apprentices or assisting on their parents' farm suddenly... | |
 | John Ferling - 2007 - 704 pàgines
...excite their patriotism and zeal for the cause of liberty." The recruiter's eyes lit up, he recollected, "when he espied any large boys among the idle crowd...attract their attention by singing in a comical manner ... [a] doggerel" about escaping the humdrum life of a rustic village.36 Some recruiters preferred... | |
 | Paul A. Gilje - 2004 - 368 pàgines
...also sang a tune to attract apprentices by denigrating masters and offering adventure and opportunity: All you that have bad masters And cannot get your due; Come, come, my brave boys, And join our ship's crew.65 Andrew Sherburne reported that in Boston in 1781 a "jolly tar" was even more direct... | |
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The recruiting officer possessed the qualifications requisite to make the service appear alluring, especially to the young. He was a jovial, good-natured fellow, of ready wit and much broad humor. 