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Box 5
"The Yankey Tars."Manuscript copy of a version of the folksong "The Constitution and the Guerriere."Reference to the War of 1812 naval battle between Captain James Richard Dacres (1788-1853) of the HMS Guerriere and Captain Isaac Hull (1773-1843) of the Constitution."Now Brittons you / be still since wee/ have given you your / fill and Boast no / more of Dacris your/ Grandy O / John Bull may boast/ his fill & the world/ say what they will / But the yankey tar/ for fighting are the/ Dandy O"