They sold their sheep-skins dear,
They sold their sheep-skins dear,
But Yankees were hard dealers,
They sold their sheep-skins dear!

At Boston Britons glorious,
The Refugees and Tories,
Made war on pigs and fowls,
But o'er men un-victorious,
They fled by night like owls!

The Howes came in a huff, Boys,
With Refugees and Tories,
To plunder, burn and sink;
But like a candle-snuff, Boys,
They went--and left a stink!

Burgoyne, that cunning rogue, ah!
With Refugees and Tories,
Of conquest laid grand schemes;
But Gates at Saratoga,
Awak'd him from his dreams!

The noble Earl Cornwally,
With Refugees and Tories,
Of southern plunderers chief,
At Yorktown wept the folly
Of stealing "Rebel" beef!

Clinton, that son of thunder,
With Refugees and Tories,
At New York took his stand.
And swore that he asunder
Would shake the Rebel land!

Of mighty deeds achieving,
With Refugees and Tories,
He talked, O! _he_ talked big,
But changed his plan to thieving
Of turkey, goose and pig!

Of conquest then despairing,
With Refugees and Tories,
George for his Bull-dogs sent;
They Yankee vengeance fearing,
_Greased the flagstaff_--and went!

Then Yorkers, let's remember
The Refugees and Tories,
The five and twentieth day
Of the bleak month, November,
When the Cow-thieves sneaked away!

[8] The British troops did not take their final departure from Long
Island and Staten Island till the 4th of December. Their flag waved over
Governor's Island till the 3d, when the Island was formally given up to
an officer sent over by Gov. Clinton, for that purpose. (Mag. of Am.
Hist., 1883, p. 430.) Sir Guy Carleton and other officers and gentlemen
sailed in the frigate Ceres, Capt. Hawkins.

[9] Among the more authentic newspaper accounts of the Evacuation, is
one of which I have here availed myself, contained in the New York _Sun_
of Nov. 27th, 1850, but copied from the _Observer_. Much valuable
material is also brought together in the _N. Y. Corp. Manual_ for 1870.

[10] IT caused great surprise, in 1831, that an officer of the
Revolution, Capt. John Van Dyck, of Lamb's artillery, who was present at
the evacuation of New York, and "was on Fort George and within two feet
of the flagstaff," should hav