In my AP US History class we were read a poem about Paul Revere. In this poem it is said that he makes it to Concord after warning lexington, this is not true, he was arrested and Samuel Prescott warned Concord. Yet the poem is well known, so I have deduced that if a poem is 1. about history, and 2. a poem, then there is no way that the poem is not relevant and historically correct.
Paul Revere rode upon his steed
With his big beer belly gut hung down to his knees
From his horse only once did he fall
With his big thick glasses that old man was bald
Riding for three days and six nights
Paul Revere warned Lexington of the fight
The british arrived and he fled like a duck
he made it to Concord with a bit of luck
We all know that Revere was the best
He had a big pink battleship tatood on his chest
The militia stood ready when the british arrived
My name is not Tom and this poem was a lie