TWO NAVAL SONGS. 87 



Page twenty-five of this volume contains an allusion to 

 a British song commemorating this victory, which happened 

 at a time when the "Mistress of the Seas" was feeling sad- 

 ly depressed by a series of mishaps to her naval preemi- 

 nence and from which accordingly she derived exceptional 

 satisfaction. The wounded Broke was knighted and hon- 

 ored with a gold medal for his achievement, two of his 

 Lieutenants promoted, the guns on the Tower of London 

 fired, and the figure head of the Chesapeake presented to 

 him to be displayed as an ornament at the gateway of his 

 country seat to which he retired. 



Amongst the other unique phases which this exuberant 

 rejoicing assumed was the production of a song which still 

 holds its place at Harrow and perhaps at other boys' schools 

 in England and appears in the latest editions of the song 

 books. In that of the Harrow school it is set to music so 

 very like the air known to us as "Jordan is a hard road to 

 travel," as to be substantially identical. It is a spirited 

 air and English school boys sing it with a relish to the fol- 

 lowing verses : 



THE CHESAPEAKE AND THE SHANNON. 



[From the Harrow School Song Book}. 

 The Chesapeake so bold out of Boston, I am told, 

 Came to take a British frigate neat and handy, ! 

 And the people of the port came out to see the sport, 

 With their music playing Yankee doodle dandy, O ! 



CHORUS: Yankee doodle, Yankee doodle dandy, O! 



The people of the port came out to see the sport 

 With their music playing Yankee doodle dandy, O ! 



The British frigate's name, that for the purpose came 



To tame the Yankees' courage neat and handy, O ! 



Was the Shannon, Captain Broke, with his crew all hearts of oak, 



And in fighting, you must know, he was the dandy, O ! 



The fight had scarce begun when the Yankees, with much fun, 

 Said, "We'll tow her into Boston neat and handy, O! 

 " And I'll kalkilate we'll dine, with our lasses, drinking wine, 

 " And we'll dance the jig of Yankee doodle dandy, O!" 



