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156 NOTES.
crity, and though the air, to a Scottish ear, possesses no great
share either of majesty or melody, yet, from many concurring
testimonies, it appears to have had an influence on the popular
mind quite unequalled by any thing of the kind ever before
known. Nothing can be a better proof of this, than the strenuous
endeavours of the Whigs to inlist it on their own side. Witness
the following song.
TvNt—The King shall enjoy Ms own again.
Since Hanover is come,
In spite of France and Rome,
And the Tories have met with their matches.
Full loyally they sing
To the coming of their king,
And keep up their courage with catches :
But let them have their song.
It can't be very long
Ere the name will be lost in the nation ;
For they've nothing but a tune
To support the tenth of June,
And the hopes of a restoration.
It's a comforting noise
To hear the roaring boys.
In a tune they've so oft been desiring :
Their music must portend
Their own latter end,
And, like swans, they are sweetly expiring.
Their next melodious strain
Will be with Paul L n,
And there let them chant it out fairly ;
For, as sure as a gun.
The stave will be begun
With that old psalm-raiser H ly.