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JACOBITE SONGS. 323
May the groans of th' afflicted be the rest of thy food ;
May I sport in an ocean of innocent blood ;
May I stick at no mischief that hell can afford,
While I boast that I'm doing the work of the Lord.
May I trample, &c.
With Luther and Calvin, and many saints more,
I'll boast of religion, denying its power ;
With couut'nance distorted, and feign'd whining zeal,
I'll teach, and preach monarchy into commonweal.
May I trample, &c.
May all my plots prosper, both old ones and new ones,
No shifting of sham plots, no trusting of true ones :
May ages hereafter in history tell.
Jack Presbyter rampant has twice borne the bell.
May I trample on princes with an absolute sway,
And grow prouder, and higher, and richer than they,
Still advancing myself as my rulers decay.
Tone — "Thus all the day long we 're frolic and gay."
1680.
Come, make a good toast, and stir up the fire.
And fill the great tankard with what we admire ;
Then bring in a paper of excellent Fogoe,
That we may perfume the whole house with the hogoe :
And here let us sit, like honest brave fellows,
That neither are Tories nor Whigs, in an alehouse.
And here let us sit, like honest brave fellows, &c»
We'll raise no disputes of the church or the state,
To waken the plot, which has slept out its date ;
Nor came we to treat of the city's great charter.
But only to drink to the sons of the Martyr :
For better it is to be honestly sotting,
Than to live to be hang'd by caballing and plotting.
For better it is, &c.
Since freedom or death is not in our power,
What have we to do with the lords in the Tower ?
May the groans of th' afflicted be the rest of thy food ;
May I sport in an ocean of innocent blood ;
May I stick at no mischief that hell can afford,
While I boast that I'm doing the work of the Lord.
May I trample, &c.
With Luther and Calvin, and many saints more,
I'll boast of religion, denying its power ;
With couut'nance distorted, and feign'd whining zeal,
I'll teach, and preach monarchy into commonweal.
May I trample, &c.
May all my plots prosper, both old ones and new ones,
No shifting of sham plots, no trusting of true ones :
May ages hereafter in history tell.
Jack Presbyter rampant has twice borne the bell.
May I trample on princes with an absolute sway,
And grow prouder, and higher, and richer than they,
Still advancing myself as my rulers decay.
Tone — "Thus all the day long we 're frolic and gay."
1680.
Come, make a good toast, and stir up the fire.
And fill the great tankard with what we admire ;
Then bring in a paper of excellent Fogoe,
That we may perfume the whole house with the hogoe :
And here let us sit, like honest brave fellows,
That neither are Tories nor Whigs, in an alehouse.
And here let us sit, like honest brave fellows, &c»
We'll raise no disputes of the church or the state,
To waken the plot, which has slept out its date ;
Nor came we to treat of the city's great charter.
But only to drink to the sons of the Martyr :
For better it is to be honestly sotting,
Than to live to be hang'd by caballing and plotting.
For better it is, &c.
Since freedom or death is not in our power,
What have we to do with the lords in the Tower ?
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Description | Being the songs, airs, and legends, of the adherents to the house of Stuart. Collected and illustrated by James Hogg. Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, 1819-1821. [First series] -- second series. |
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Shelfmark | Glen.194-194a |
Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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