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JACOBITE SONGS. " 325
This Flail was invented to thrash the brain,
And leave behind not the weight of a grain :
At the handle-end there hung a weight,
That carried with it unavoidable fate,
To take the monarch a rap on the pate.
And govern the state.
With a thump, &c.
It took its degree in Oxford town,
And with the Carpenter went down :
If any durst his might oppose,
He had you close, in spite of your nose.
To carry on clever the Good Old Cause,
And down with the laws.
With a thump, &c.
With this they threaten'd to forestall
The church, and give the bishops a maul.
If king and lords will not submit
To the Joiner's will, while the house did sit,
If this in the right place did hit.
The cause it would split.
With a thump, &c.
Two handfuls of death with a thong, hung fast
By a zealot who hang'd himself at last,
With a moving head, both stiff and stout.
Found by the Protestant Joiner out.
To have at the king and the laws t'other bout.
And turn them both out.
With a thump, &c.
Invincibly 'twould deal his blows,
All to maintain the Good Old Cause ;
Would liberty and freedom bring
To everything except the king ;
At monarchy it had a fling,
And took its swing.
With a thump, &c.
This Flail was made in the newest fashion,
To heal the breaches of the nation :
If faction any difference bred,
'Twould split the cause in the head.
Till monarchy reel'd, and royalty bled,
And were both knock'd in the head.
With a thump, &c.