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An Epigram on the People of England

Alexander Brome

“An Epigram on the People of England” as printed in Rump Songs (1662).

Alexander Brome: Collected Lyrics Text 18 1662 · historical text
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Verse 1

Sweating and chafing hot Ardelio cryes

A Boat a Boat, else farewell all the prize.

But having once set foot upon the deep

Hot-spur Ardelio fell fast asleep.

So we, on fire with zealous discontent,

Call’d out a Parliament, a Parliament;

Which being obtain’d at last, what did they do?

Even squeez the Wool-packs, and lye snorting too.

Credits

Written by Alexander Brome

Words by Alexander Brome. Historical text published in Rump Songs (1662); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

Rump Songs (1662), “An Epigram on the People of England”

This 1662 collection (Rump: or an Exact Collection of the Choycest Poems and Songs Relating to the Late Times, 1639-1661) is credited to Alexander Brome (died 1666); every contributor died more than 330 years ago, so the text is in the public domain worldwide, and the edition carries a Wikisource PD-old determination.

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