Poem Genre / Form: Ballad / Poem Theme: Politics

1. A junto of knaves met at Paris together

First Line:: A junto of knaves met at Paris together
Last Line:: In vain they cry help us oh Lewis and Rome | And all the day long | Now this is their song | Dear Jemmy an halter an halter's our doom
DMI number:: 11944

2. A labouring swain had been at work

First Line:: A labouring swain had been at work
Last Line:: They'll find their cause beshit
DMI number:: 4395

3. A story I'll tell you a story so merry

First Line:: A story I'll tell you a story so merry
Last Line:: And not trust to such as have treasury views | Derry down &c
DMI number:: 20467

4. A tale I will tell you will great indignation

First Line:: A tale I will tell you will great indignation
Last Line:: And the music struck up long live george the third
DMI number:: 32060

5. A tale of grief I must unfold

First Line:: A tale of grief I must unfold
Last Line:: Of this great duke of Buckingham
DMI number:: 37020

6. A tight and trim vessel

First Line:: A tight and trim vessel
Last Line:: More blockheads huzza'd
DMI number:: 7458

7. A poll and land-tax are now coming forth

First Line:: A poll and land-tax are now coming forth
Last Line:: Like parting with our gold and consciences too | Which nobody can deny
DMI number:: 4577

8. A Protestant muse yet a lover of kings

First Line:: A Protestant muse yet a lover of kings
Last Line:: The Dutch had never ventured to fish in our seas | Then curse of popery pox o' popery plague o' popery | Oh senseless popery oh
DMI number:: 42334

9. A late expedition to Oxford was made

First Line:: A late expedition to Oxford was made
Last Line:: And marched more nimbly without their music | Which nobody can deny
Author:: John Smith (Confident)
DMI number:: 4004

10. Alas that ever this day we did see

First Line:: Alas that ever this day we did see
Last Line:: That ever he forced king Edward to die
DMI number:: 37013

11. After our royal king

First Line:: After our royal king
Last Line:: As you shall plainly read
DMI number:: 36972

12. An ancient tale I mean to write

First Line:: An ancient tale I mean to write
Last Line:: With such a fate rewarded be
DMI number:: 16

13. All things are changed in court and town

First Line:: All things are changed in court and town
Last Line:: Oh we shall quite undo him
DMI number:: 13237

14. All you that have stock and are mad for a peace

First Line:: All you that have stock and are mad for a peace
Last Line:: How low the French creep to the new min----y
DMI number:: 13280

15. As at midnight half distracted

First Line:: As at midnight half distracted
Last Line:: Unsupported and undone
DMI number:: 32140

16. As I went by St James's I heard a bird sing

First Line:: As I went by St James's I heard a bird sing
Last Line:: There was no other way for mending the breed
DMI number:: 42381

17. Attend to my call

First Line:: Attend to my call
Last Line:: Have sent both the K--- and the army
DMI number:: 18281

18. Brave britons attend to the song I have penned

First Line:: Brave britons attend to the song I have penned
Last Line:: Pray heaven it prove not the last
DMI number:: 7357

19. Bold whigs and fanatics now strive to pull down

First Line:: Bold whigs and fanatics now strive to pull down
Last Line:: To rescue the church from fanatical fire
DMI number:: 7271

20. Come hither bold Britons and I will disclose

First Line:: Come hither bold Britons and I will disclose
Last Line:: And your fame will outshine all the heroes in story | Which nobody can deny
DMI number:: 19676

21. Come all ye brave boys who obey Wilkes's nod

First Line:: Come all ye brave boys who obey Wilkes's nod
Last Line:: That Wilkes be elect and the devil kiss our ae
DMI number:: 31945

22. Come all you Sussex fox hunters

First Line:: Come all you Sussex fox hunters
Last Line:: Should have sung his hunting song | When to Houghton we did go &c
Author:: Sir William Yonge (Speculation)
DMI number:: 280

23. Come come great Orange come away

First Line:: Come come great Orange come away
Last Line:: Except it be to have a rope | Couragio couragio couragio
DMI number:: 4924

24. Dear sisters come see you how fine

First Line:: Dear sisters come see you how fine
Last Line:: With anarchy and the old rump | Then let us flock all to the meeting | Where Burgess himself will declare A sanctified tale of old Hughson | With a canting old Oliver's prayer
DMI number:: 8080

25. Draw near ye sober citizens

First Line:: Draw near ye sober citizens
Last Line:: At Bedlam or at Bridewell
DMI number:: 20847

26. False Britons who favour the measures of France

First Line:: False Britons who favour the measures of France
Last Line:: Or boast of preserving your nether bow gate
DMI number:: 23177

27. From infallible Rome once more I am come

First Line:: From infallible Rome once more I am come
Last Line:: Nor take his ballad in dudgeon
DMI number:: 42977

28. From the ocean emerged bright Phoebus's ray

First Line:: From the ocean emerged bright Phoebus's ray
Last Line:: And defied the power of England's king to alter their laws
Author:: G Wilson (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37009

29. God bless our gracious sovereign Anne

First Line:: God bless our gracious sovereign Anne
Last Line:: On t'other side the Tweed
Author:: Arthur Maynwaring (Speculation)
DMI number:: 5020

30. God prosper long our noble king

First Line:: God prosper long our noble king
Last Line:: The deeds of such a day
DMI number:: 32005

31. God prosper long our noble king

First Line:: God prosper long our noble king
Last Line:: To b--th and m-rit cease
DMI number:: 31343

32. Hail glorious time

First Line:: Hail glorious time
Last Line:: Such eloquence never can fail
DMI number:: 31647

33. Good folks I pray have not you heard

First Line:: Good folks I pray have not you heard
Last Line:: That called them their n'own tools
DMI number:: 8073

34. Good folks I pray have you not heard

First Line:: Good folks I pray have you not heard
Last Line:: That called them their own tools
DMI number:: 13234

35. Good people I pray give ear unto me

First Line:: Good people I pray give ear unto me
Last Line:: And no man ever heard of them since or before | The truth &c
DMI number:: 43151

36. How each Whig of late

First Line:: How each Whig of late
Last Line:: For church both night and day
DMI number:: 7384

37. Here's a health to the king

First Line:: Here's a health to the king
Last Line:: Won't venture to fight | Then to George fill your bowls | Till they overflow | Let's have no more wrangling | of high church and low | The Pope and Pretender | Alone is our foe
DMI number:: 11949

38. I am a senseless thing with a hey with a hey

First Line:: I am a senseless thing with a hey with a hey
Last Line:: For a martyr's place above | With a hey tronny nonny nonny no
Author:: Stephen College (Confident)
DMI number:: 4737

39. In story we're told

First Line:: In story we're told
Last Line:: King George and Old England for ever
Author:: Paul Whitehead (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37053

40. In vain are the hopes of a popish pretender

First Line:: In vain are the hopes of a popish pretender
Last Line:: That tyrants and slavery we have sworn to pull down | And all the day long | This this is our song | No popish impostor shall ever wear our crown
DMI number:: 11945

41. Let's sing to the ministry's praise

First Line:: Let's sing to the ministry's praise
Last Line:: And give to the devil the pope
DMI number:: 13320

42. Mourn ye highlands and mourn ye lowlands

First Line:: Mourn ye highlands and mourn ye lowlands
Last Line:: I wish our wars at home may cease
DMI number:: 37025

43. I sing of no heresy turk or of tartar

First Line:: I sing of no heresy turk or of tartar
Last Line:: Than thus to be tossed in a blanket and drubbed
DMI number:: 44331

44. I sing you a song of a right noble L

First Line:: I sing you a song of a right noble L
Last Line:: Sir George Vandeputs he so Sir George we will sing
DMI number:: 23171

45. I'll tell thee Dick where I have been

First Line:: I'll tell thee Dick where I have been
Last Line:: And I for them be shent
DMI number:: 4733

46. Now Britons mourn

First Line:: Now Britons mourn
Last Line:: S----f--ld S----d W----n and H----d
DMI number:: 7455

47. Now now comes on the Tories year

First Line:: Now now comes on the Tories year
Last Line:: Upon our own come-over
DMI number:: 13382

48. Occasionally as we discoursed of queen and church and nation

First Line:: Occasionally as we discoursed of queen and church and nation
Last Line:: But surely twould be sad to have occasion there to dwell sir
DMI number:: 4993

49. Of all the jobs that ever have passed

First Line:: Of all the jobs that ever have passed
Last Line:: And rule with links of iron
DMI number:: 19462

50. Of Nero tyrant petty king

First Line:: Of Nero tyrant petty king
Last Line:: Thou never wilt be de-witted
Author:: Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:: 15521

51. Oh E--g--d attend while thy fate I deplore

First Line:: Oh E--g--d attend while thy fate I deplore
Last Line:: I tremble to think where these ch--ges may end | Derry down
Author:: John Hervey (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17951

52. Pardon great A-----e what here is writ

First Line:: Pardon great A-----e what here is writ
Last Line:: And they'll make you a glorious queen | for ever
DMI number:: 11991

53. Pale her looks and clad in mourning

First Line:: Pale her looks and clad in mourning
Last Line:: To give up famed Gibraltar
DMI number:: 20499

54. One morning early Sir Ae went

First Line:: One morning early Sir Ae went
Last Line:: And sure to win the day sir | Fol de rol lol &c
DMI number:: 32028

55. Prepare now you cits your charter to lose

First Line:: Prepare now you cits your charter to lose
Last Line:: And want but the word for to plunder
DMI number:: 42362

56. Quoth S----s to P------y since words may cause fighting

First Line:: Quoth S----s to P------y since words may cause fighting
Last Line:: That doughty performance called Faction Detected | Derry etc
DMI number:: 18297

57. Saw ye the thane of mickle pride

First Line:: Saw ye the thane of mickle pride
Last Line:: Seems to the traveller like a man
DMI number:: 36926

58. Shall every Jack and every Jill

First Line:: Shall every Jack and every Jill
Last Line:: From such a vile untimely end
DMI number:: 43007

59. Since popery of late is so much in debate

First Line:: Since popery of late is so much in debate
Last Line:: And so there's an end of a story
Author:: Walter Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 42976

60. Since counterfeit plots has affected this age

First Line:: Since counterfeit plots has affected this age
Last Line:: At Tyburn where the rabble will surely attend
DMI number:: 43156

61. Since gold is the god of the nation

First Line:: Since gold is the god of the nation
Last Line:: Can injure a hair of his head
Author:: Edward Ward (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8029

62. Sir Armine is the knight I sigh for

First Line:: Sir Armine is the knight I sigh for
Last Line:: So take heed ye know my cue | Sir Armine is the knight &c
DMI number:: 32030

63. Stand up Smectymnuus and hear thy trial

First Line:: Stand up Smectymnuus and hear thy trial
Last Line:: And underwrite this motto we be three
DMI number:: 4462

64. The H---- of C------ we may call

First Line:: The H---- of C------ we may call
Last Line:: That to shite write and sit in
DMI number:: 18290

65. The cry is now that Perkin's come

First Line:: The cry is now that Perkin's come
Last Line:: Whip them to Lorraine again
DMI number:: 11941

66. The feathered songster Chaunticleer

First Line:: The feathered songster Chaunticleer
Last Line:: In heaven God's mercy sing
Author:: Thomas Rowlie (Absolute)
DMI number:: 37019

67. The plot being thus subtly contrived as you hear

First Line:: The plot being thus subtly contrived as you hear
Last Line:: So prosper all traitors and God save the king | The truth of my story if any one doubt | We have witnesses ready to swear it all out
DMI number:: 43152

68. The presbyter has been so active of late

First Line:: The presbyter has been so active of late
Last Line:: And no people can ever be so happy as we
DMI number:: 43154

69. The statesmen in or out declare

First Line:: The statesmen in or out declare
Last Line:: Supply me with your goods and all | The money &c
DMI number:: 22788

70. The talk about went

First Line:: The talk about went
Last Line:: For sooner you cannot expect it
DMI number:: 42383

71. The talk up and down

First Line:: The talk up and down
Last Line:: And 'fore George it will never be sooner
DMI number:: 4859

72. The talk up and down

First Line:: The talk up and down
Last Line:: And faith I think not sooner
DMI number:: 42379

73. The world's in a hurry what is it about

First Line:: The world's in a hurry what is it about
Last Line:: Sweden Russia Sardinia in friendship may dance
DMI number:: 21712

74. The year of wonders is arrived

First Line:: The year of wonders is arrived
Last Line:: And therefore will remove him
Author:: Daniel Defoe (Confident)
DMI number:: 8078

75. The year of wonders is arrived

First Line:: The year of wonders is arrived
Last Line:: May then break out at home
Author:: Daniel Defoe (Confident)
DMI number:: 13269

76. There was once a glorious queen

First Line:: There was once a glorious queen
Last Line:: Make neither worth your while | Tis no matter where we go we go we go | Tis no matter were we go &c
DMI number:: 13402

77. Though Britain on to ruin runs

First Line:: Though Britain on to ruin runs
Last Line:: For that glorious day | When George the great shall wear the crown
DMI number:: 13334

78. Though the old hag of Rome

First Line:: Though the old hag of Rome
Last Line:: And charge the dog home in the rear sir
DMI number:: 42382

79. To a certain old chapel well known in the town

First Line:: To a certain old chapel well known in the town
Last Line:: That honesty's better by far than a place | Derry down &c
Author:: Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:: 19531

80. To you dear topers at the court

First Line:: To you dear topers at the court
Last Line:: To sing out hey boys up go we | With a fa la &c
DMI number:: 13369

81. To dupes I write that stay at home

First Line:: To dupes I write that stay at home
Last Line:: And so may all the world fool thee | With a fa la la la &c
DMI number:: 22794

82. Twas at the goose pye feast for Downham won

First Line:: Twas at the goose pye feast for Downham won
Last Line:: None but their friends shall taste the pye
DMI number:: 31956

83. Twas at the hour when guiltless care

First Line:: Twas at the hour when guiltless care
Last Line:: Was followed by despair
Author:: Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:: 17952

84. Twas at the silent solemn hour

First Line:: Twas at the silent solemn hour
Last Line:: Nor sense nor memory left
Author:: Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:: 17954

85. Two noble dukes of great renown

First Line:: Two noble dukes of great renown
Last Line:: Was truly crowned king
Author:: Thomas Deloney (Absolute)
DMI number:: 4712

86. Two Toms and Nat

First Line:: Two Toms and Nat
Last Line:: Will cover his dominion
DMI number:: 6462

87. Twere folly for ever

First Line:: Twere folly for ever
Last Line:: But tis lately found out by our prudent addressors
Author:: William Wharton (Speculation)
DMI number:: 3676

88. Vice once with virtue did engage

First Line:: Vice once with virtue did engage
Last Line:: Which thou can never enjoy
Author:: Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (Speculation)
DMI number:: 17953

89. Wat Tyler is from Dartford gone

First Line:: Wat Tyler is from Dartford gone
Last Line:: And after followed joyful peace
DMI number:: 37015

90. What do members now ail

First Line:: What do members now ail
Last Line:: From the generous inquisition
DMI number:: 4762

91. When as corruption hence did go

First Line:: When as corruption hence did go
Last Line:: His subjects must play at quadrille
Author:: William Congreve (Confident) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & John Gay (Confident)
DMI number:: 1997

92. When as Queen Anne of great renown

First Line:: When as Queen Anne of great renown
Last Line:: And hanged up Machiavel
DMI number:: 13236

93. When as the duke of Normandy

First Line:: When as the duke of Normandy
Last Line:: Did of duke William gain
DMI number:: 36969

94. When Harold was invaded

First Line:: When Harold was invaded
Last Line:: Amidst his godlike thunder
DMI number:: 36970

95. What strange confusion at this time

First Line:: What strange confusion at this time
Last Line:: Who'd cramp her happy reign
DMI number:: 7461

96. When first Royal N--y was mounted the throne

First Line:: When first Royal N--y was mounted the throne
Last Line:: And vows she'll never leave her whilst worth but a groat
DMI number:: 7285

97. When my Clio is gay

First Line:: When my Clio is gay
Last Line:: As long as L- B- is a steward
DMI number:: 31342

98. When Isabella fair England's queen

First Line:: When Isabella fair England's queen
Last Line:: And keep ourselves in credit still
DMI number:: 37010

99. When the joy of all hearts and desire of all eyes

First Line:: When the joy of all hearts and desire of all eyes
Last Line:: But Orange shall reap the fruit of his merit
DMI number:: 42376

100. When the joy of all hearts and desire of all eyes

First Line:: When the joy of all hearts and desire of all eyes
Last Line:: But Orange shall reap the reward of his merit
DMI number:: 4925

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1. A junto of knaves met at Paris together

2. A labouring swain had been at work

3. A story I'll tell you a story so merry

4. A tale I will tell you will great indignation

5. A tale of grief I must unfold

6. A tight and trim vessel

7. A poll and land-tax are now coming forth

8. A Protestant muse yet a lover of kings

9. A late expedition to Oxford was made

10. Alas that ever this day we did see

11. After our royal king

12. An ancient tale I mean to write

13. All things are changed in court and town

14. All you that have stock and are mad for a peace

15. As at midnight half distracted

16. As I went by St James's I heard a bird sing

17. Attend to my call

18. Brave britons attend to the song I have penned

19. Bold whigs and fanatics now strive to pull down

20. Come hither bold Britons and I will disclose

21. Come all ye brave boys who obey Wilkes's nod

22. Come all you Sussex fox hunters

23. Come come great Orange come away

24. Dear sisters come see you how fine

25. Draw near ye sober citizens

26. False Britons who favour the measures of France

27. From infallible Rome once more I am come

28. From the ocean emerged bright Phoebus's ray

29. God bless our gracious sovereign Anne

30. God prosper long our noble king

31. God prosper long our noble king

32. Hail glorious time

33. Good folks I pray have not you heard

34. Good folks I pray have you not heard

35. Good people I pray give ear unto me

36. How each Whig of late

37. Here's a health to the king

38. I am a senseless thing with a hey with a hey

39. In story we're told

40. In vain are the hopes of a popish pretender

41. Let's sing to the ministry's praise

42. Mourn ye highlands and mourn ye lowlands

43. I sing of no heresy turk or of tartar

44. I sing you a song of a right noble L

45. I'll tell thee Dick where I have been

46. Now Britons mourn

47. Now now comes on the Tories year

48. Occasionally as we discoursed of queen and church and nation

49. Of all the jobs that ever have passed

50. Of Nero tyrant petty king

51. Oh E--g--d attend while thy fate I deplore

52. Pardon great A-----e what here is writ

53. Pale her looks and clad in mourning

54. One morning early Sir Ae went

55. Prepare now you cits your charter to lose

56. Quoth S----s to P------y since words may cause fighting

57. Saw ye the thane of mickle pride

58. Shall every Jack and every Jill

59. Since popery of late is so much in debate

60. Since counterfeit plots has affected this age

61. Since gold is the god of the nation

62. Sir Armine is the knight I sigh for

63. Stand up Smectymnuus and hear thy trial

64. The H---- of C------ we may call

65. The cry is now that Perkin's come

66. The feathered songster Chaunticleer

67. The plot being thus subtly contrived as you hear

68. The presbyter has been so active of late

69. The statesmen in or out declare

70. The talk about went

71. The talk up and down

72. The talk up and down