{"id":7078,"date":"2006-09-01T10:47:24","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T14:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7078"},"modified":"2011-03-19T16:04:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T20:04:11","slug":"perrys-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7078","title":{"rendered":"Perry&#8217;s Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Perry.jpg\" height=\"\" width=\"\" alt=\"\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\">\n               <a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a>\n       <\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">\n               Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Perrys_Victory.mp3\">Perry&#8217;s Victory<\/a>\n       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">\n This song has the same tune as &#8220;St. Patrick&#8217;s Day in the Morning.&#8221; The first part of the tune also sounds a lot like &#8220;Squid Jigging Ground,&#8221; which was obviously influenced by &#8220;St. Patrick&#8217;s Day in the Morning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s about a famous battle that took place on Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Charlotte, wife of George III, was reputed to enjoy a nip of &#8220;Perry,&#8221; or pear brandy; which may have affected her judgment causing the British to lose the battle.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Lee adds this bit of history from his 12 years in Ohio schools:<\/p>\n<p>Although facing many adverse conditions, including lack of men and materials, Perry and his men successfully completed six vessels by July 1813. These six were joined by others from Buffalo. Two months later, on September 10, 1813, the American squadron commanded by Perry fought a British squadron commanded by Captain Robert Barclay, RN.<\/p>\n<p> The Battle of Lake Erie began with Perry aboard his flagship LAWRENCE. In the early stages of the battle, however, LAWRENCE and her crew took most of the enemy&#8217;s fire. LAWRENCE was severely damaged and over 80 percent of Perry&#8217;s crew were killed or wounded by concentrated British gunfire. In an attempt to change defeat to victory, Perry, carrying his battle flag emblazoned with Captain Lawrence&#8217;s dying words, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Give Up The Ship,&#8221; transferred from LAWRENCE to the lightly damaged NIAGARA in a small boat. He took command of NIAGARA and sailed her into the British battle line. The British had also taken heavy casualties from the Lawrence&#8217; fire. Broadsides from the fresh NIAGARA compelled their surrender within 15 minutes of Perry&#8217;s transfer.<\/p>\n<p> Immediately following his victory at the Battle of Lake Erie, Perry penned the famous words, &#8216;We have met the enemy and they are ours&#8230;&#8221; in his report to General William Henry Harrison.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\nPERRY&#8217;S VICTORY<\/p>\n<p>(Andrew C. Mitchell circa. 1813)<\/p>\n<p>[F] As old Queen Charlott, a [Dm] worthless old varlet<br \/>\n[Gm] Our brave naval forces was [Bb F] scor-ning,<br \/>\n[F] She wished to be merry, so [Dm] called for some Perry,<br \/>\n[Gm] September the tenth in the [Bb F] mor-ning.<br \/>\n[Dm] When brisk Perry came, she [Am] found him true game,<br \/>\n[Dm] To her cost too, he gave her a [Gm C] warning,<br \/>\n[F] So let us be merry [Dm] remembering Perry<br \/>\n[Gm] September the tenth in the [Bb F] morning.<\/p>\n<p>It was on Lake Erie, when all hands were cheery,<br \/>\nA fleet was descried in morning,<br \/>\n&#8216;Twas Queen Charlott&#8217;s fleet, so handsome and neat,<br \/>\nIn bold line of battle were forming;<br \/>\nBut when evening came, though the fleet were the same<br \/>\nThat our brave naval forces were scorning,<br \/>\nThey were beat, so complete, that they yielded the fleet,<br \/>\nTo the one they despis&#8217;d in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Now let us remember the tenth of September,<br \/>\nWhen Yankees gave Britons a warming,<br \/>\nWhen our foes on Lake Erie, were beaten and weary,<br \/>\nSo full of conceit in the morning;<br \/>\nTo the skillful, and brave, who our country did save,<br \/>\nOur gratitude ought to be warming,<br \/>\nSo let us be merry, in toasting of Perry,<br \/>\nSeptember the tenth in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>As old Queen Charlott, a worthless old varlet<br \/>\nOur brave naval forces was scorning,<br \/>\nShe wished to be merry, so called for some Perry,<br \/>\nSeptember the tenth in the morning.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/tools\/diggthis.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Perry&#8217;s Victory This song has the same tune as &#8220;St. Patrick&#8217;s Day in the Morning.&#8221; The first part of the tune also sounds a lot like &#8220;Squid Jigging Ground,&#8221; which was obviously influenced by &#8220;St. Patrick&#8217;s Day in the Morning.&#8221; It&#8217;s about a famous battle that took place &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7078\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Perry&#8217;s Victory&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seafaring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7078"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8691,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7078\/revisions\/8691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}