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LETTERS EEOM ALABAMA, 
So I spread my wings, and flew away ; 
Fire tlie ringo ! &c. 
I took my flight and ran away ; 
Fire, &c. 
All the way to Canad^y ; 
Fire, &c. 
To Canaday, to Canaday, 
Fire, &c. 
All the way to Canaday, 
Ringo ! ringo ! blaze away ! 
Fire the ringo ! fire away ! ” 
Sometimes the poet varied the subject by sub- 
stituting political for zoological allusions. The 
victory over the British at New Orleans — that 
favourite theme with all Americans — was chosen. 
Thus : — 
Gin'ral Jackson gain’d the day ; 
Fire the ringo, &c. 
At New Orleans he won the day ; 
Fire the ringo, fire away ! ” 
But I have done. The pilot waits for this 
letter. The low shore of Mobile Point is hardly 
visible from the cabin windows ; the breeze comes 
fresh and cool off the land ; the green water is 
curling and frothing under the rudder. Adieu ! 
R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL. 
