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THE COMMONWEALTH.
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King George," in A Collection of State Songs, Poems, <f-c, that have been pub-
lished since the Rebellion, and sung at the several Mug-houses in the cities of London
and Westminster, 1716.
The copy of the ballad in Mr. Payne Collier's Collection is entitled " The King
enjoys his own again. To be joyfully sung with its own proper sweet tune." The
burthen of that, and of the Roxburghe copy, is " When the King comes home in
peace again," instead of " enjoys his own again," as in The Loyal Q-arland.
Neither of the ballads has any date or publisher's name ; and therefore both were,
in all probability, privately printed during the civil war. The Roxburghe copy
has " God save the King, Amen," in large letters at the end.
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The man in the moon may wear out his shoon,
By running after Charles his wain :
But all's to no end, for the times will not mend
Till the King, &c.
There's neither Swallow, Dove, nor Dade,"
Can soar more high, or deeper wade ;
Nor shew a reason from the stars,
What causeth peace or civil wars :
11 Booker, Pond, Rivers, Swallow, Dove, Dade, and printed in 1711, entitled "The ballad of The King shall
Hammond, whose names are mentioned in the ballad, enjoy his own again ; with a learned comment thereupon."
were all astrologers and almanack-makers. Ritson copies The account there given of Booker does not agree with
his notes about Booker and others from a small pamphlet that of William Lilly, quoted hi a note to Dodslcy's Old