1   As the liberty lads o’er the sea      Bought their freedom, and cheaply, with blood,   So we, boys, we   Will die fighting, or live free,      And down with all kings but King Ludd! 2   When the web that we weave is complete,      And the shuttle exchanged for the sword,   We will fling the winding sheet   O’er the despot at our feet,      And dye it deep in the gore he has poured. 3   Though black as his heart its hue,      Since his veins are corrupted to mud,   Yet this is the dew   Which the tree shall renew      Of Liberty, planted by Ludd!