Singalong – 47th Regiment of Foot

Stan Rogers, “Barrett’s Privateers”, Fogarty’s Cove, Barn Swallow Records, 1977.

Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess, “Don’t Forget Your Old Shipmate”, Roast Beef of Old England S.A.Publishing Co., Inc., 2000.

Sergeant Ned Botwood (attributed) of the 47th Regiment of Foot, “Hot Stuff”, as printed in New York Gazette, 1774

Legend has it that this ditty was written by Sergeant Ned Botwood of the 47th Regiment of Foot, before he was killed in the assault at Montmorency during Wolfe’s Quebec campaign in 1759. However, the only mention of Sergeant Botwood in the historical record is in the issue of Rivington’s New York Gazette in which the song is first printed in 1774. The final verse in the lyrics below is not in this recording, but is included here for the sake of historical completeness:

“Here’s to the Maiden (of Bashful Fifteen)”, from Sheriden’s Play of 1777 ” School for Scandal”