The cavalier songs and ballads of England, from 1642 to 1684, ed. by C. MackayCharles Mackay |
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... Masters The Man o ' the Moon PAGE 1 4 6 8 10 11 13 14 16 18 20 23 The Tub - preacher The New Litany Vive le Roy The Old Protestant's Litany The Cavalier A Caveat to the Roundheads Hey , then , up go we 32 The Clean Contrary Way , or ...
... Masters The Man o ' the Moon PAGE 1 4 6 8 10 11 13 14 16 18 20 23 The Tub - preacher The New Litany Vive le Roy The Old Protestant's Litany The Cavalier A Caveat to the Roundheads Hey , then , up go we 32 The Clean Contrary Way , or ...
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... masters footmen be ; But we'll be no more slaves To the beggars and knaves Now the King and the realms do agree . THE COMMONERS . Written in 1645 to the Club - men , by Alex . Brome . COME your ways , Bonny boys Of the town , For now is ...
... masters footmen be ; But we'll be no more slaves To the beggars and knaves Now the King and the realms do agree . THE COMMONERS . Written in 1645 to the Club - men , by Alex . Brome . COME your ways , Bonny boys Of the town , For now is ...
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... masters . Now our lives , Children , wives , And estate , Are a prey to the lust and plunder , To the rage Of our age ; And the fate Of our land Is at hand ; ' Tis too late To tread these usurpers under . First down goes the crown ...
... masters . Now our lives , Children , wives , And estate , Are a prey to the lust and plunder , To the rage Of our age ; And the fate Of our land Is at hand ; ' Tis too late To tread these usurpers under . First down goes the crown ...
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... MASTERS . From the King's pamphlets , British Museum . WE have a King , and yet no King , For he hath lost his power ; For ' gainst his will his subjects are Imprison'd in the Tower . We had some laws ( but now no laws ) By which he ...
... MASTERS . From the King's pamphlets , British Museum . WE have a King , and yet no King , For he hath lost his power ; For ' gainst his will his subjects are Imprison'd in the Tower . We had some laws ( but now no laws ) By which he ...
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... Sequester'd ought to be . As if our prisons were too good , He is to Yarmouth sent , By virtue of a warrant from The King and Parliament . Thus in our royal sovereign's name , And eke his A MAD WORLD , MY MASTERS . 15.
... Sequester'd ought to be . As if our prisons were too good , He is to Yarmouth sent , By virtue of a warrant from The King and Parliament . Thus in our royal sovereign's name , And eke his A MAD WORLD , MY MASTERS . 15.
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Page 208 - I went out to Charing Cross, to see Major-general Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered ; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could do in that condition. He was presently cut down, and his head and heart shown to the people, at which there was great shouts of joy.
Page 26 - Good days are coming on : Come then, my brethren, and be glad, And eke rejoice with me ; Lawn "sleeves and rochets shall go down, And hey then up go we...
Page 132 - ... seven or eight; and all along burning, and roasting, and drinking for rumps. There being rumps tied upon sticks and carried up and down. The butchers at the May Pole in the Strand rang a peal with their knives when they were going to sacrifice their rump. On Ludgate Hill there was one turning of the spit that had a rump tied upon it, and another basting of it. Indeed it was past imagination, both the greatness and the suddenness of it. At one end of the street you would think there was a whole...
Page 16 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Page xv - Till then upon Ararat's hill My hope shall cast her anchor still, Until I see some peaceful dove Bring home the branch I dearly love ; Then will I wait Till the waters abate, Which now disturb my troubled brain, Else never rejoice /Till I hear the voice That the King enjoys his own again.
Page 51 - UNDONE ! undone ! the lawyers are, They wander about the towne, Nor can find the way to Westminster Now Charing-Cross is downe : At the end of the Strand they make a stand, Swearing they are at a loss, And chaffing say, that's not the way, They must go by Charing-Cross.
Page 27 - Popish hands have built Our hammers shall undo ; We'll break their pipes and burn their copes, And pull down churches too ; We'll exercise within the groves, And teach beneath a tree ; We'll make a pulpit of a cask, And hey, then, up go we...
Page 228 - The Bully of France, that aspires to Renown By dull cutting of Throats, and vent'ring his own; Let him fight and be damn'd, and make Matches and Treat, To afford the News-mongers, and Coffee-house Chat...
Page xiv - The man in the moon, May wear out his shoo'n, By running after Charles his wain : But all's to no end, For the times will not mend Till the king enjoys his own again.
Page 51 - The Parliament to vote it down Conceived it very fitting, For fear it should fall, and kill them all In the House as they were sitting. They were told god-wot, it had a plot, Which made them so hard-hearted, To give command it should not stand, But be taken down and carted.