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WHIG SONGS. 409
A crew all broken and beggar'd of late,
WhOj 'cause they'd lost all claim, run their estate,
To regain 'em rebel ;
But their courage we'll quell,
For no Popery here shall thrive.
" The queen was an honest good woman,
" And had honest good ministers too :
" Poor souls ! they meant mischief to no man ;
" If they lov'd French wine, what's that to you?
" So they wanted a peace, and a peace they had.
" Yet the Whigs in return cried, " They're druuk or mad !"
" Damn'd quarrelsome rogues,
" And unmannerly dogs,
" For our projects they always thwart.
" When King George came at first from Hanover,
" We thought he'd have kept us in still,
" For Tories at first brought him over,
" But who say 'twas against their will.
" But 'cause we were churchmen he knew full well,
" As that France, and the Pope, and young Jemmy can tell,
" He left us i' the lurch,
" And so puU'd down the church.
" Who says we don't justly rebel?"
Thus silly weak people they gain,
And wiser ones proifer preferment,
Their Cause, as they call 't, to maintain ;
Where there's profit, there can be no harm in't ;
For since their estates are mortgaged or sold,
They've nothing to lose, but may get the Pope's gold.
Now they're in, they don't care,
For with rage and despair
They'll swing, or be made for ever.
But hear, ye mad folks of the nation,
Who think you're so much in the right ;
We've made loyal associations.
Will surely demolish you quite.
For Greorge our true king then stand up brave boys,
And the blest royal branches, with heart and voice :
For we'll Perkin pull down.
Since King George wears the crown,
And no Popery here shall thrive.
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