Our National and Domestic Defenders
Anon
Genre: | Song, Drollery |
Subjects: | Military Technology, War, Agriculture, Chemistry |
Praises William G Armstrong and Harper Twelvetrees for their respective inventions: Armstrong for his 'great guns' whose 'large bolts and big bombs' can 'drive / In the sides' of the best invading ships and defend England against 'Yankees, the Russian, and French'; and Twelvetrees for his 'deadly paste' for destroying insects that 'invade our provisions'. |
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