Axis & Allies - damowords

American War
Britannia is bullied into action,
Sends men to fight a war three months from home,
To furnish the king with satisfaction,
Cornwallis views the Virginian seaboard;
ʺTax dodging scum!
Sons of gin‐soakʹd bitches!
Their time for payback come, be it blood or riches.ʺ
Regular redcoat regiment
Reachʹd the creek at Brandywine,
As per se rules of engagment
Devastates the rebel line ‐
France offers timely refreshment,
Treaty of friendship sign,
Resume the death match of those sister thrones
& send a fleet to bolster John Paul Jones.
The purr of the Parisian
Adds to the hue & cry,
With the demon American
To Saratoga fly,
In seizing it a message send, ʺLiberty must not die!ʺ
West Virginia
1777
The Last Jacobite
Alexander commands a private clan,
His wife & three gorgeous daughters‐in‐law,
Each one a mother to a strapping man,
Gone with granpaw to patriotic war;
ʺLet none survive,ʺ
The old man hissʹd his hate,
ʺAh maybe eighty‐five but I can still shoot straight.ʺ
Washington launchʹd verbal attacks,
ʺMen of our wondʹrous nation,
Should we suffer a tyrants tax
Without represeantation,
Fight for your flag, both whites & blacks,
Suffer depravation,
For in the end it is our destiny
To carve a contree fit for liberty.ʺ
Each night ʹMacʹ told the famous tayle
Of Bonnie Prince Charlie,
Twas never stale, did never fail
To rouse excitedly
His proud grandsons, tho men now they seemʹd perchʹd upon
his knee.
West Virginia
1778