4. Battle of Brooklyn

The Battle of Brooklyn
They took Park Slope and Prospect Park
We were outnumbered and underfunded
We fought but could not win
The battle of Brooklyn
Who ran with our battle plan to the other side?
Jamaica Pass would be left undefended
Ten thousand redcoats marched by night
Through Jamaica Pass toward Brooklyn Heights
We fought but could not win
The battle of Brooklyn
Wave after wave, shoulder to shoulder
They were practiced soldiers, well equipped
Our ragged army felled an oak
To block their path; they barely slowed
We fought but could not win
The battle of Brooklyn
We fought like wolves, we fought like hell
Our bodies broken as we fell
We fought ‘til all was lost, and then we fled
At Brooklyn Heights we stood our ground
The bloody rain, the muddy trenches
And watched the other army’s men
Prepare to take us on again
Then darkness fell and fog moved in
Our army undertook a stealth retreat
Across the East River, row ashore
We lost New York but we won the war
We fought but could not win
The battle of Brooklyn
We couldn’t win for losing
Until we won the Revolution
We fought but could not win
The battle of Brooklyn