A Longfellow and Palin Mashup

Over at the New Yorker, Ben Greenman wrote a new version of "Paul Revere's Ride" in light of Sarah Palin's newly unearthed insights into the patriot's famous proclamation in the night. It's funny. Here are the opening two stanzas:

Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
He who warned and, uh, the arms,
And bells were rung out as alarms
To tell the British we were there,
And had our guns, and to beware.

He said to his friend, “Abe Lincoln, listen
I am riding out alone
On a super-secret mission.
You can’t get me by telephone
But if you don’t hear from me by ten
Send me a text and only when
I’m at the hotel I’ll hit you back.
This way the rebels can’t attack
And long will fly the Union Jack.”

The entire poem can be found here.

We all know, though, the true story is written by New York's three finest bards.