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That way to Henry Knox
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This
way to Allan McLane
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Deborah
Sampson,

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Deborah
Sampson,

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As a
man she volunteered,

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As a
man she persevered,
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Did
everything but grow a beard

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To join
the Continental Army

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The
Continental Army.

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Let
me tell you about
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the
only woman
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Who
enlisted as a man ...
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He name
was Deborah Sampson
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A unique
American.
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As a
child she had an
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unhappy
life.
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Her
father was lost at sea,
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And
because they were
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penniless,
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Her
mother was forced
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to break
up the family.
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But
Deborah taught herself
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reading
and writing.
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The
girl was no one's fool;
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And
by the time she was twenty
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She
was teaching school.
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Deborah
Sampson,

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Deborah
Sampson,

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As a
man she volunteered,

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As a
man she persevered,
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Did
everything but grow a beard

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To join
The Continental Army,

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The
Continental Army.

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Well,
the first time she joined,
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The
Army discovered her
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And
sent her home to stay,
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But
Deborah was determined,
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So she
tried another way.
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In a
uniform she'd made secretly
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She
hiked to another town.
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Changed
her first name to Bob
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And
in this disguise
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She
signed up to fight the Crown
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The
fact that her face never need shaving, the men blamed on her
youth.
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Can
you imagine those soldiers
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If they
had known the truth?
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Deborah
Sampson,

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Deborah
Sampson,

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As a
man she volunteered,

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As a
man she persevered,
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Did
everything but grow a beard

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To join
The Continental Army,

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The
Continental Army.

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For
a year and a half
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No one
suspected her
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Tho'
she'd been wounded twice;
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'Til
a doctor tending her fever
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Learned
her secret
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in a
trice.
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So goodbye
to fighting,
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goodbye
to war,
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Goodbye
to the army life.
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Sweet
romance came to
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Deborah
the following spring
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And
made her a happy wife.
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The
Congress decreed a pension for veterans
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Should
be awarded her.
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And
her husband was granted a pension,
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The
first to a widower.
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Deborah
Sampson,

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Deborah
Sampson,

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As a
man she volunteered,
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As a
man she persevered,
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Did
everything but grow a beard
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To join
The Continental Army,
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The
Continental Army.
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