To georgeward and Wilfried:
First to georgeward: Thank you for your comments. I am new here and don't know how much anyone knows on this site, I am pleased to find people who know more than I do, like yourself and Wilfried. Yes, you are correct in saying that this was probably written quite sometime after the battle. However, I am curious, around what year did broadsides fall out of popular demand?

I stayed at a motel in Saratoga Springs in May of 1998. There is a statute on the street I was on, and it was a few miles from the National Park. I am very pleased to know that you played at the historical music program. When I had asked the clerk at the motel if he had ever heard of the song "Battle Of Saratoga" he said he did not, but that it was probably played by musicians who attend the music program. I really wish I could go back out there again in the future and listen to the musicians playing there. I live in San Jose, California, and took a trip back east to see some of the sites I was singing about. Could you relate more of your experience playing there? What other songs did you play? What were the instruments? Fascinating story about the later deletion of Arnold in favor of Herkimer, and I agree that it probably is a revision. Thank you also about the information on his death in Mohawk Valley...

To Wilfried Schaum
Yes, I apologize if my relation of the facts concerning the Hessians was inaccurate and may have seemed to put them in a bad light. I had only related something that I read in a book that was put out several years ago. It actually showed a painting of a German husband being captured; perhaps the artist made an overblown relation of the actual situation to make a point. I did not know that they were conscripts or volunteers. I am grateful for the knowledge you have related here.