"The Riflemen's Song at Bennington" is a traditional song about an encounter during the Revolutionary War. At Bennington, Vermont on August 16, 1777, one of General Burgoyne's foraging detachments was attacked by a rebel force of 2,000 men, primarily New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont militiamen and members of the Green Mountain Boys who rallied in a driving rain to kill or capture the entire British force, a mixed force of about 800, composed primarily of dismounted Brunswick dragoons, Canadians, Loyalists and Indians. The melody may be traditional but the lyrics were possibly composed by John and Lucy Allison. There is no reason to believe this song ever circulated in oral tradition. It was printed in the Burl Ives Song Book (1953), Botkin's A Treasury of New England Folklore (1965), Cohen's American Folk Songs: A Regional Encyclopedia, volume 1 (2008) and Silber's Folksinger's Wordbook (1973). It was recorded by The Almanac Singers for The Rifles (1942) and Pete Seeger on American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 5 (1962/2000).