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MINSTRELSY. 5
Give mirth its full scope, that the nations may see
We honour our standard, the royal oak tree.
All shall yield to the royal oak tree ;
Bend to thee, majestic tree !
Honour'd was he who sat on thee.
And thou, like him, thrice honour'd shalt be.
When our great sovereign, Charles, was driv'n
from his throne, [own,
And dared scarce call kingdom or subjects his
Old Pendril the miller, at the risk of his blood,
Hid the King of our isle in the king of the wood.
AU shaU yield, &c.
In summer, in winter, in peace, and in war,
'Tis known to ourselves, and to nations afar,
That the oak of our isle can best screen us from
harm,
Best keep out the foe, and best ride out the storm.
AU shaU yield, &c.
Let gard'ners and florists of foreign plants boast,
And cull the poor trifles of each distant coast ;
There's none of them all, from a shrub to a tree,
Can ever compare, great royal oak, with thee.
All shall yield, &c.
CAKES O' CROUDY.*
Chinnie the deddy, and Rethy the monkey ;
Leven the hero, and little Pitcunkie ;
of Edinburgh ; but he disputes its Scottish origin, and seems to think
it must be an old English composition. We have since seen it stated
to be a modern production, and written by a member of the Royal
Oak Society, instituted at Edinburgh, 17th February, 1772.
* This song was written in 1668 by Lord New bottle, eldest son to