Chester (song)
Among the patriotic anthems sung during the
American Revolutionary War, only
Yankee Doodle was more popular than
William Billings'
Chester, from his songbook,
The Singing Master's Assistant (1778).
- Let tyrants shake their iron rod,
- And Slav'ry clank her galling chains,
- We fear them not, we trust in God,
- New England's God forever reigns.