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.