First put the British troops to school;
Instructed them in warlike trade,
And new manœuvres of parade;
The true war-dance of Yankey-reels,
And manual exercise of heels;

Made them give up, like saints complete,
The arm of flesh, and trust the feet,
And work like Christians undissembling,
Salvation out by fear and trembling;
Taught Percy fashionable races,
And modern modes of Chevy-Chases :†

*Yankies, a term formerly of derision, but now merely of distinction, given to the people of the four Eastern States.

+Lord Percy commanded the party that was first opposed by the Americans at