Maid of Carronshore/The Falkirk Volunteers

The Falkirk Volunteers.

The bold Gaulie Conſul as made a bravado,
With five hundred thouſand he'll invade our coaſts;
But let him remember the Spaniſh Armada,
The brave ſous of Freedom may quaſh all his boaſts:
Our country now calls for our hearts and our hands;
Let the love of our country diſpel all our fears:
Come, ſee courage and Liberty
Nobly inſpiring Falkirk Volunteers.

Fair Liberty gave us our commerce and treaſure,
She (illegible text) us to cultivate ſcience and mirth,
To patronise learning and ſocial pleaſure,
To lighten the heart, and give jollity birth:
Come, come Britons all, it is Liberty's call,
Let us haſte to her ſhrine, lay aſide at our fears:
Come, fee courage and Liberty
Nobly inſpiring Falkirk Volunteers.

By Freedom we hold all our foes in defiance,
The banner of Britain o'er earth ſhe unfurl'd;
The greatest of nations muſt court her alliance,
The envy of Gaul and the pride of the world.
Long, long o'er our isle may Liberty ſmile,
And blaſs it with courage in time of its fears:
Come ſee courage and Liberty
Nobly inſpiring Falkirk Volunteers.

FINIS.

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Falkirk—T. Johnston, Printer.