And on they went, a gallant set,
To stop the foes rebelling;
How many prisoners they took
Would take some time in telling.
Meanwhile Mackenzie, safe and sound,
Had got to Buffalo;
The Yankees sympathized with him
And made him quite a show.
Neutrality it was their law,
But that they never minded,
They sympathized with rebels so
It quite their reason blinded.
Their papers, too, were filled with stuff,
With nonsense and with lies:
So fast they told them, that you’d think
They lied but for some prize.
At length, when after much ado
They got two hundred men,
Mackenzie in high spunk set off
To try the job again.
At first I hear ’twas their intent
At Waterloo to land,
But Newcastle’s good rifles there
Were ready to their hand.
Rensselaer then took the command
Of those degraded wretches,
For some had neither coat nor hat,
And some not even breeches.
To Navy Island then they went,
And there made a great splutter,—
A Constitution printed off,
And many threats did utter.
Alas, for Yankee modesty!
It really is quite shocking,
Some ladies made the rebels shirts,
And some, too, sent them stocking.
Of many acts which by our men
Right gallantly were done,
I’ve spun my verse to such a length
I can relate but one.