On Barney's Victory Over the Ship "General Monk"

O'er the waste of waters cruising,

Long the General Monk had reigned;

All subduing, all reducing,

None her lawless rage restrained:

Many a brave and hearty fellow,

Yielding to this war-like foe,

When her guns began to bellow

Struck his humbled colors low.

But, grown bold with long successes,

Leaving the wide watery way,

She, a stranger to distresses,

Came to cruise within Cape May:

"Now we soon (said Captain Rogers)

Shall their men of commerce meet;

In our hold we'll have them lodgers,

We shall capture half their fleet.

"Lo! I see their van appearing-

Back our top-sails to the mast!

They toward us full are steering

With a gentle western blast:

A list of all their cargoes,

All their guns, and all their men:

I am sure these modern Argo's

Can't escape us one in ten:

"Yonder comes the Charming Sally

Sailing with the General Greene-

First we'll fight the Hyder Ally,

Taking her is taking them:

She intends to give us battle,

Bearing down with all her sail-

Now, boys, let our cannon rattle!

To take her we cannot fail.

"Our eighteen guns, each a nine-pounder,

Soon shall terrify this foe;

We shall maul her, we shall wound her,

Bringing rebel colors low."

While he thus anticipated

Conquests that he could not gain,

He in the Cape May channel waited

For the ship that caused his pain.

Captain Barney then preparing,

Thus addressed his gallant crew:

Now, brave lads, be bold and daring,

Let your hearts be firm and true;

This is a proud English cruiser,

Roving up and down the main,

We must fight her-must reduce her,

Though our decks be strewed with slain.