„The Liberty Song“ The Liberty Song is a pre-American Revolutionary War song and is set to the tune of Heart of Oak, the anthem of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. The song is table as one of the earliest patriotic songs in the Thirteen Colonies. Dickinson's seventh verse offers the earliest known publication of the phrase that parallels the motto "united we stand, divided we fall", a patriotic slogan that has prominently appeared several times throughout U.S. history. The song is also likely to be a variant of the Irish traditional song from which it often takes its tune, Here's a Health. Schweizer Spielwerk: Lecoultre 5690
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