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1774.
About the middle of December, 1774, deputies appointed by the freemen of the province of Maryland, met at Annapolis, unanimously resolved to resist the auth rity of Parliament, taxing the colonies, if attempted to be enforced, and to support the acts and designs of the Continental Congress at all hazards. They al>o recommended that every man should provide himself " a good firelock, with bayonet attached, powder and ball, and be in readiness to act in any emergency." These resolutions were productive of many ludicrous and bombastic ballads. From among these, the one following, adapted to the air " Abbot of Canterbury, or Wilkes' Wriggle," is selected.1
MARYLAND RESOLVES.
On Calvert's plains new faction reigns,
Great Britain we defy, sir, True liberty lies gagg'd in chains,
Though freedom is the cry, sir. |
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