Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five.
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
He said to his friend, “If the MAGAs march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch
Of the North Church tower as a signal light, —
One, if by land, and two, if by DC.
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village ¹ and farm,
For the country folk to be up and to arm.”
— With apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Middlesex Village is a historical reference, specifically referring to the Middlesex Fells Reservation. This area, located north of Boston, is a large, forested park with historical significance. This area includes the 19th-century villages of Malden, Melrose and Medford.