Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 by Various
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From Thomas Turn-coat, that will never prove true,
From a reverend Rabbi that's worse than a Jew, Libera, etc. From a country justice that still looks big, From swallowing up the Italian fig, Or learning of the Scottish jig, Libera, etc. From being taken in a disguise, From believing of the printed lies, From the Devil and from the Excise, (4) Libera, etc. From a broken pate with a pint pot, For fighting for I know not what, And from a friend as false as a Scot, Libera, etc. From one that speaks no sense, yet talks all that he can, From an old woman and a Parliament man, From an Anabaptist and a Presbyter man, Libera, etc. From Irish rebels and Welsh hubbub-men, From Independents and their tub-men, From sheriffs' bailiffs, and their club-men, Libera, etc. From one that cares not what he saith, |
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