"They've caught your Captain Hale,
And choked him for a traitor spy,
Dead as a dead door-nail.
"Run—use your rebel soldier legs—
Tell General Washington.
Don't wait—you'll be promoted for't—
I'll stand and hold your gun."
Out spake the guard—"You British crow,
Curse on your croaking head!
Move off, or else, I swear, you'll get