Paul Revere's Ride... by Steve April on The Pipeline at IndieMusicPeople

Paul Revere's Ride...
about Paul Revere, a silversmith, who also helped the colonies set up security, and monitor british troop movements, in the 1770s...

"Paul Revere probably prepared this draft deposition, containing an account of his ride to Lexington, in 1775, at the request of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress. To prove that the British had fired the first shot at Lexington Green, the Congress solicited depositions from eyewitnesses in 1775. In his deposition, Revere explains how he received instructions from Dr. Joseph Warren to ride to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that English troops were marching west and how he secured a horse in Charlestown, avoided Britsh officers near Charlestown Common, and reached Lexington . He set out for Concord with William Dawes and Samuel Prescott, but halfway there, he was captured by British soldiers. Revere was released, and he returned to Lexington where he helped move a trunk of papers belonging to John Hancock from the tavern and then saw the militia that had gathered on the town green. He heard the first shots exchanged between the British soldiers and the minutemen..."
Paul Revere deposition, 1775

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Vartan

9/29/2011 5:05:55 AM

"He who warned uh, the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms, uh by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed."

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Shoe City Sound

9/29/2011 8:32:47 PM

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah ....... where does she get this stuff ......

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Steve April

9/30/2011 1:25:36 PM

dolores, i dunno.

if paul revere "warned the british," like ms. palin says, she makes him sound like the treasonous benedict arnold, maybe she got confused...

i was mumblin' the chorus when i woke up the next morning. and wrote it down, "paul revere, paul revere, part merchant part seer, midnight rider, friend of liberty."

paul was never a politician, his silverwork wellknown to this day...

i was readin' about the revolutionary war earlier that day.

a few phrases are borrowed from the poem "Paul revere's ride" by longfellow...

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Shoe City Sound

9/30/2011 3:11:28 PM

Yeah, "One if by land two if by sea and I on the opposite shore will be" sort of blows a hole in the Palin interpretation of the midnight ride - he was obviously trying to keep it secret from the British haha

Looking forward to the finished tune, Steve. I hope the revolutionary war drum at the beginning makes it to the final version

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Steve April

10/1/2011 3:21:28 PM ---- Updated 10/1/2011 6:20:26 PM

thanks for your commentary dolores and vartan, very much appreciated. beautiful moments in your "piano dance," dolores, kudos...

vartan's post above = sara palin's verbatim remarks about paul revere, that stir a controversy. thanks vartan, for "lilly tries," heard 'n added...

in boston, happenin' today...perhaps recalls the tea party.

Take Back Boston March and Rally

BOSTON Police have arrested two dozen protesters for trespassing during a demonstration against Bank of America's foreclosure practices at the banking giant's offices in downtown Boston.

Organizers say about 3,000 people joined the protest.

Bank of America spokesman T.J. Crawford dismissed the demonstration as a publicity stunt.

There was no mention of Bank of America's planned debit card fees, which recently have generated headlines and frustrated customers nationwide.
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about paul revere...
In 1773 he donned Indian garb and joined 50 other patriots in the Boston Tea Party protest against parliamentary taxation without representation. the legendary figure served for years as the principal rider for Boston's Committee of Safety, making journeys to New York and Philadelphia in its service. On April 16, 1775, he rode to nearby Concord to urge the patriots to move their military stores endangered by pending British troop movements. Finally, two days later, he set out on his most famous journey to alert his countrymen that the redcoats were on the march, particularly in search of Revolutionary leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams. Because of his warning, the Minutemen were ready the next morning on Lexington green for the historic battle that launched the War of Independence.

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Stoneman

10/1/2011 6:57:07 PM

Way to go Steve! Bank America? Debit Card Fees? Foreclosures? Ugh! Greed, it never ends.......

Nice work on the tune man!

Respect,
Stoneman

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