{"id":48608,"date":"2025-11-27T13:10:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=48608"},"modified":"2025-11-27T13:10:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:10:26","slug":"the-battles-of-lexington-and-concord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/11\/27\/the-battles-of-lexington-and-concord\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battles of Lexington and Concord"},"content":{"rendered":"

The-Battles-of-Lexington-and-Concord.mp3<\/a>
\nThe-Battles-of-Lexington-and-Concord.mp4<\/a>
\nThe-Battles-of-Lexington-and-Concord-Pt-2.mp3<\/a>
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[Intro]
\nIgnited the revolution
\n(United a nation)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nA victory
\n(For all to see)
\nA victory
\n(We’ve come to be)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nFree (… eeeeee…)
\nThe Battles of Lexington and Concord
\n(Shot heard round he world)
\nOur flag unfurled
\nIgnited the revolution
\n(United a nation)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nA victory
\n(For all to see)
\nA victory
\n(We’ve come to be)
\nWe! (We, e, e, e)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\n(Bang!)
\nFree (… eeeeee…)
\nOur flag unfurled
\nShot!
\n(Shot heard round he world)
\nIgnited the revolution
\n(United a nation)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nA victory
\n(For all to see)
\nA victory
\n(We’ve come to be)
\nWe! (We, e, e, e)
\nDang!<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\n(Bang!)
\nFree (… eeeeee…)
\nHave you heard the word
\n(Conquered “The Sword”)
\nOur flag unfurled
\n(The Battles of Lexington and Concord)
\nShot!
\n(Shot heard round he world)
\nIgnited the revolution
\n(United a nation)
\nThe story (of our history)
\nNever grows old
\n(Shot heard round he world)
\nThe rebels sang:
\n(Bang!)<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE SONG
\nThe Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War, starting when British troops marched to seize colonial arms in Concord, Massachusetts. Colonists, warned by riders like Paul Revere, mobilized their militias. After an initial skirmish at Lexington where eight militiamen were killed, the British faced heavy resistance at Concord’s North Bridge and were ambushed repeatedly by colonial forces during their retreat to Boston, suffering significant casualties and marking an American victory that ignited the revolution.<\/p>\n

“The shot heard ’round the world” refers to the opening shot of the battles of Lexington and Concord. The phrase, coined by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his 1837 poem Concord Hymn, signifies that this event signaled the start of armed conflict against Great Britain and the beginning of the fight for American independence, which would spread globally.<\/p>\n

From the album “In the Rough<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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