THE YANKEE MORGANEERS
In ‘ Bodes of To-day and Books of To-mor-row’ the foDowfiig aong is preen, to be to the air of ‘The British Grenadiers’r~ Scene talk of Alexander, and soma of Hercules, Of Bonaparte and Oesar, and conquerors like these; But none of these great forces hi any way compares With a tow, row, row, row, row, row, with the Yankee Mergansers. They fought with swords and muskets, them. dodderers of old, ' They could not know, as we do, the only weapon’s gold; ■Our wealth exceeds all counting, 'tis far beyond De Beers— With a tow, row, row, row, row, row, for the Yankee Morganeeis. Where Nelson drew his cutlass our Pierpont draws u cheque. His little glass-walled office his only quarterdeck. He rattles Trusts and Corners about the foemen’s ears. With a tow, row, row, row, row, row, for the Yankee Morganeers. Whenever woTe commanded to wipe a Briton off. We sip a Wall street cocktail ■ and talk a little goU, And as we sit and gossip, his ruin, straight appears. With a tow, row, row, row, row, row, for the Yankee Morganeers. And when our work is over and England’s wholly ■ cure, And Stars and Stripes float gaily from all her masts and towers. We’ll sip our morning cocktail within the House of Peers, With a tow, row, row, row, row, row, for the Yankee Morganeers.
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Evening Star, Issue 11626, 10 July 1902, Page 8
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229THE YANKEE MORGANEERS Evening Star, Issue 11626, 10 July 1902, Page 8
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