Answer.—A correspondent, the Rev. W. P. Jones, of Mt. Morris, Ill., a boy at the time of that victory, recalls so much of the song as is given below. It must be remembered that Captain Barclay commanded the British squadron and General Proctor the British land forces in Canada.
Bold Barclay one day
To Proctor did say,
“I’m tired of Jamaica and sherry;
Come, let us go down
To this new floating town,
And get some American Perry.”
Finding that the liquor flowed more freely than it was wanted, and was too hot to suit his taste, he cries out, in the last stanza, in his vain attempt to fly:
“Your liquor’s too hot;
Keep it still in the pot!