Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 by Various
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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, Then follows the gown, Thus levell'd are we by the Roundhead; While Church and State must Feed their pride and their lust, And the kingdom and king be confounded. Shall we still Suffer ill And be dumb, And let every varlet undo us? Shall we doubt Of each lout That doth come, With a voice Like the noise Of a drum, And a sword or a buff-coat, to us? Shall we lose our estates By plunder and rates, To bedeck those proud upstarts that swagger? Rather fight for your meat |
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