The Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684. Various

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      The name of lords shall be abhorr’d,

       For every man’s a brother;

       No reason why in Church and State

       One man should rule another;

       But when the change of government

       Shall set our fingers free,

       We’ll make these wanton sisters stoop,

       And hey, then, up go we.

      What though the King and Parliament

       Do not accord together,

       We have more cause to be content,

       This is our sunshine weather:

       For if that reason should take place,

       And they should once agree,

       Who would be in a Roundhead’s case,

       For hey, then, up go we.

      What should we do, then, in this case?

       Let’s put it to a venture;

       If that we hold out seven years’ space

       We’ll sue out our indenture.

       A time may come to make us rue,

       And time may set us free,

       Except the gallows claim his due,

       And hey, then, up go we.

THE CLEAN CONTRARY WAY,

       OR,

       COLONEL VENNE’S ENCOURAGEMENT TO HIS SOLDIERS.

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      To the air of “Hey, then, up go we.”

       From a Collection of Loyal Songs written against the Rump Parliament.

      Fight on, brave soldiers, for the cause,

       Fear not the Cavaliers;

       Their threat’nings are as senseless as

       Our jealousies and fears.

       Tis you must perfect this great work,

       And all malignants slay;

       You must bring back the King again

       The clean contrary way.

      ’Tis for religion that you fight,

       And for the kingdom’s good;

       By robbing churches, plundering them,

       And shedding guiltless blood.

       Down with the orthodoxal train,

       All loyal subjects slay;

       When these are gone, we shall be blest

       The clean contrary way.

      When Charles we have made bankrupt, Of power and crown bereft him, And all his loyal subjects slain, And none but rebels left him; When we have beggar’d all the land, And sent our trunks away, We’ll make him then a glorious prince The clean contrary way.

      ’Tis to preserve his Majesty

       That we against him fight,

       Nor ever are we beaten back,

       Because our cause is right:

       If any make a scruple at

       Our Declarations, say—

       Who fight for us, fight for the King

       The clean contrary way.

      At Keinton, Brainsford, Plymouth, York, And divers places more, What victories we saints obtain, The like ne’er seen before: How often we Prince Rupert kill’d, And bravely won the day, The wicked Cavaliers did run The clean contrary way.

      The true religion we maintain,

       The kingdom’s peace and plenty;

       The privilege of Parliament

       Not known to one and twenty;

       The ancient fundamental laws,

       And teach men to obey

       Their lawful sovereign, and all these

       The clean contrary way.

      We subjects’ liberties preserve

       By imprisonment and plunder,

       And do enrich ourselves and state

       By keeping th’ wicked under.

       We must preserve mechanicks now

       To lectorize and pray;

       By them the gospel is advanced

       The clean contrary way.

      And though the King be much misled

       By that malignant crew,

       He’ll find us honest at the last,

       Give all of us our due.

       For we do wisely plot, and plot

       Rebellion to alloy,

       He sees we stand for peace and truth

       The clean contrary way.

      The publick faith shall save our souls

       And our good works together;

       And ships shall save our lives, that stay

       Only for wind and weather:

       But when our faith and works fall down

       And all our hopes decay,

       Our acts will bear us up to heaven

       The clean contrary way.

THE CAMERONIAN CAT.

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      A well-known song from Hogg’s Jacobite Relics; and popular among the Cavaliers both of England and Scotland in the days of the Commonwealth. It was usually СКАЧАТЬ