  |
"Paul Jones," Sequenced by Lesley Nelson-Burns. Click the button to stop the music. Click here for the history of the song. |
        Membership eligibility at the NSDAR website.  Email For Membership Information |
| These links are programmed so that you don't leave our website. When finished with the open window, simply close it to return to our Links page. |
| DAR Related Links | |||
| National Society DAR | Who Are We | Become A Member | |
 Lewis & Clark Websites | |||
| National Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commemoration | Lewis & Clark Bicentennial-Oregon | The Corps of Discovery, Lewis & Clark Expedition | Discovering Lewis and Clark |
| Free Graphics Links | |||
 Backgrounds By Marie |
 Download-Free-Pictures.Com | ||
| Links For Free Music | ||
 "Popular Songs In American History" History & Lyrics |
 Jack's Midi Music | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Source for the history of Eugene, at our Chapter History Page, is a 20 page paper written as part of an historic overview (Eugene Area Historic Context Statement) of Eugene and surrounding areas by the Planning Department of the City of Eugene. |
| Return To Top |
| The History of "Paul Jones" |
|
"The tune is also known as Paul Jones, the Pirate. It appeared on broadsides almost immediately after the naval action described. Paul Jones, the Pirate: a new song, was printed in 1779. The song was popular in both England and America. The events described took place near Flamborough Head off Yorkshire on September 23, 1779, when a fleet commanded by John Paul Jones in his flagship, The Bonhomme Richard, met a fleet of British merchantmen escorted by two British men-of-war. During the battle, Captain Pearson, commander of the Serapis, asked John Paul Jones, greatly outgunned, to surrender. Jones responded, "Surrender, be damned. I have not begun to fight." Jones won the battle, but The Bonhomme Richard was so badly damaged it had to be abandoned and Jones sailed the Serapis home. In the original broadside John Paul Jones' ship is given as "The Percy." Other versions have his frigate various from the Orient and Baltimore. The number of men wounded and killed also varies. A copy of the early broadsides can be found at the Bodleian Library." Information and music contributed by "Popular Songs In American History," a folk music website by Lesley Nelson. A link is provided on this web page. Source: "English Folk-Songs" Collected and Aranged by Wm. Alexr. Barrett Novello, Ewer & Co. London, 1891 Click here to see the lyrics to the song. |
| Web hyperlinks to
non-DAR sites are not the responsibility of the NSDAR, the state organizations, or individual DAR chapters . |
| All graphics which don't belong to our chapter are free or are public domain. See our "Links" page for free graphics websites. |
| Return To Top. |
| Lyrics To "Paul Jones" |
It's of an American frigate the "Richard" by name Mounted forty-four guns, and from New York she came. A-cruising down the channel of Old England's fame With a noble commander, Paul Jones was his name. We had not cruised long before two sails we espies A large forty-four and a twenty likewise, Some fifty bright shipping, well loaded with store, And the convoy stood in for the old Yorkshire shore. 'Bout the hour of twelve we came alongside With a long speaking trumpet: Whence came you? he cried; Come, answer me quickly, I'll hail you no more Or else a broadside into you I will pour. We fought them four glasses, four glasses so hot, Till forty bold seamen lay dead on the spot, And fifty-five more lay bleeding in gore, While the thundering loud cannons of Paul Jones did roar. Our carpenter being frighten'd, to Paul Jones he came, Our ship she leaks water and is likewise in flame, Paul Jones he made answer, and to him replied, If we can do no better, we'll sink alongside. Paul Jones he then turned to his men and did say Let every man stand the best of his play, For broadside for broadside they fought on the main Like true buckskin heroes we return'd it again. The Serapis wore round our ship for to rake, And many proud hearts of the English did ache; The shot flew so hot, and so fierce and so fast, And the bold British colours were hauled down at last. Oh now, my brave boys, we have taken a rich prize A large forty-four and a twenty likewise; To help the poor mothers that have reason to weep For the loss of their sons in the unfathomed deep. |