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Subject: PLATTSBURG, BATTLE OF
Matches Found: 4

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BATTLE OF PLATTSBURG, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Twas autumn, around me leaves were descending
Last Line: But nature and art will continue to charm us, %while so happy we'll live, on the banks of lake champ
Subject(s): Navy - United States; Plattsburg, Battle Of; War Of 1812


FIGHT; THE TALE OF A GUNNER AT PLATTSBURGH, 1814, by PERCY MACKAYE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Jock bit his mittens off and blew his thumbs
Last Line: The world made free.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mackaye, Percy Wallace
Variant Title(s): Fight
Subject(s): Drums; Freedom; Musical Instruments; Patriotism; Plattsburg, Battle Of; Selflessness; War Of 1812; Liberty


SIEGE OF PLATTSBURG, SUNG IN CHARACTER OF A BLACK SAILOR, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Back side albany stan' lake champlain
Last Line: For gen'ral mccomb, and massa 'donough-home, %when he notion for anudder tea-party
Subject(s): Navy - United States; Plattsburg, Battle Of; War Of 1812


THE BATTLE OF PLATTSBURG, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "sir george prevost, with all his host"
Last Line: "he'll fight, they say, another day, / who saves himself by running"
Subject(s): "plattsburg, Battle Of;prevost, Sir George (1767-1816);war Of 1812;