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EIGHTH CHILD: 



And when four more months of trouble 



Into the past had sped, 

 The royal governor 'neath that tree 



His resignation read. 



NINTH CHILD : 



But at last the lawless soldiery 



Beneath the old elm stood, 

 And Boston's liberty-tree 



Became the Briton's firewood. 



ALL -. 



This elm was cut down by the British in 1775. The soldiers used it for 

 firewood and got fourteen cords from it. 



TENTH CHILD : 



All over the land in 'sixty-five, 



In spite of king and crown, 

 The liberty-trees were springing up, 



In every village and town. 



In Charleston, South Carolina, there was one, 



Twas a great live oak, 

 There it stood till in seventeen-eighty 



It was burned by the British folk. 



ALL: 



The Declaration of Independence was read and meetings were held under 

 this tree. In 1780, it was cut down and burned by the British. 



ELEVENTH CHILD : 



When the Stamp Act had been repealed 



On Norwich's oak so green, 

 On the topmost branch of the stately tree 



A Phrygian cap was seen. 



ALL: 



When the Stamp Act was repealed the people erected a tent under oak- 

 spreading branches, and encouraged each other to resist all acts of oppression. 



TWELFTH CHILD : 



And Washington in 'seventy-five, 



'Neath Cambridge's elm tree came, 

 To take command of the army 



'Mid the people's loud acclaim. 



THIRTEENTH CHILD: 



And still on the green at Cambridge 



The old tree stands to-day, 

 Though rebel and tory long ago, 



To dust have mouldered awav. 



