Knickerbocker Nuggets NUGGET--"A diminutive mass of precious metal" 26 VOLS. NOW READY For full list see end of this volume [Illustration: "And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there."] _AMERICAN WAR BALLADS_ _AND LYRICS_ _A COLLECTION OF THE SONGS AND BALLADS OF THE COLONIAL WARS, THE REVOLUTION, THE WAR OF 1812-15, THE WAR WITH MEXICO AND THE CIVIL WAR_ _EDITED BY_ _GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON_ _VOLUME I._ [Illustration] _NEW YORK AND LONDON_ _G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS_ ~The Knickerbocker Press~ COPYRIGHT G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 1889 ~The Knickerbocker Press, New York~ Electrotyped and Printed by G. P. Putnam's Sons [Illustration] CONTENTS PAGE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 1 PREFACE AND INTRODUCTION 3 THE COLONIAL WARS 11 LOVEWELL'S FIGHT 13 THE SONG OF BRADDOCK'S MEN 19 THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 21 LIBERTY TREE 23 FREE AMERICA 25 EMANCIPATION FROM BRITISH DEPENDENCE 28 PAUL REVERE'S RIDE 32 WARREN'S ADDRESS 38 NATHAN HALE 40 THE BALLAD OF NATHAN HALE 43 THE BATTLE OF TRENTON 46 THE FATE OF JOHN BURGOYNE 48 THE PROGRESS OF SIR JACK BRAG 51 WAR AND WASHINGTON 53 COLUMBIA 57 TAXATION OF AMERICA 60 THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS 72 CARMEN BELLICOSUM 77 THE YANKEE MAN-OF-WAR 80