<P> `` Chester '' is a patriotic anthem composed by William Billings and sung during the American Revolutionary War . Billings wrote the first version of the song for his 1770 songbook The New England Psalm Singer , and made improvements for the version in his The Singing Master 's Assistant ( 1778 ) . It is the latter version that is best known today . </P>
<P> `` Chester '' is a patriotic anthem composed by William Billings and sung during the American Revolutionary War . Billings wrote the first version of the song for his 1770 songbook The New England Psalm Singer , and made improvements for the version in his The Singing Master 's Assistant ( 1778 ) . It is the latter version that is best known today . </P>
in billings original version chester was written for
in billings original version chester was written for
his 1770 songbook The New England Psalm Singer
his 1770 songbook The New England Psalm Singer