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The Ballad of the Green Mountain Boys Ho--all to the borders! Vermonters, come down, With your britches of deerskin and jackets of brown; With your red woolen caps and your moccasins come, To the gathering summons of trumpet and drum. Come down with your rifle! Let gray wolf and fox Howl on in the shadow of primitive rocks; Let bear feed securely from pig-pen and stall; Here's two-legged game for your powder and ball. Then cheer, cheer, the green mountaineer, then cheer, cheer the green mountaineer On the south came the Hessians, our land to police; And armed for the battle while canting of peace; On our east came the British, the red coated band To hang up our leaders and eat up our land. Ho--all to the rescue! For Satan shall work No gain for the legions of Hampshire and York! They claim our possessions--the pitiful knaves-- The tribute we pay shall be prisons and graves! Then cheer, cheer, the green mountaineer, then cheer, cheer the green mountaineer We owe no allegiance, we bow to no throne, Our ruler is law and the law is our own; Our leaders themselves are our own fellow-men, Who can handle the sword and the scythe and the pen Hurrah for Vermont! For the land that we till Must have sons to defend her from valley and hill Our vow is recorded--our banner unfurled, In the name of Vermont we defy all the world! Then cheer, cheer, the green mountaineer, then cheer, cheer the green mountaineer

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The Battle of Bunker Hill Or More correctly the Battle of Breeds Hilljust sayn

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The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was peripherally involved in the battle and was the original objective of both colonial and British troops, and is occasionally referred to as the "Battle of Breed's Hill."Breed's HillSiege of BostonAmerican Revolutionary War On June 13, 1775, the leaders of the colonial forces besieging Boston learned that the British generals were planning to send troops out from the city to occupy the unoccupied hills surrounding the city. In response to this intelligence, 1,200 colonial troops under the command of William Prescott stealthily occupied Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill, constructed an earthen redoubt on Breed's Hill, and built lightly fortified lines across most of the Charlestown Peninsula.BostonWilliam Prescott redoubt When the British were alerted to the presence of the new position the next day, they mounted an attack against them. After two assaults on the colonial lines were repulsed with significant British casualties, the British finally captured the positions on the third assault, after the defenders in the redoubt ran out of ammunition. The colonial forces retreated to Cambridge over Bunker Hill, suffering their most significant losses on Bunker Hill.Cambridge

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Animated Battle Map http://www.revolutionarywaranimated.com/BunkerHillAnimation.html

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The Results British losses: 1,054 (226 dead and 828 wounded) Including 100 commissioned officers American losses: 450 (150 dead and 300 wounded)

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Dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes! If we win anymore battles like this we shall lose the War