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New-England is preparing a-pace

Alexander Brome

“New-England is preparing a-pace” as printed in Rump Songs (1662).

Alexander Brome: Collected Lyrics Text 27 1662 · historical text
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This text comes from Rump Songs, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

New-England is preparing a-pace,

To entertain King Pym, with his Grace,

And Isaack before shall carry the Mace,

For Round-heads Old Nick stand up now.

Verse 2

No surplisse nor no Organs there,

Shall ever offend the Eye, or the Ear,

But a Spiritual Preach, with a 3. hours Prayer,

For Round-heads, &c.

Verse 3

All things in Zeal shall there be carried,

Without any Porredge read over the buried,

No Crossing of Infants, nor Rings for the Married,

For Round-heads, &c.

Verse 4

The Swearer there shall punisht be still,

But Drunkennesse private be counted no ill,

Yet both kind of lying as much as you will,

For Round-heads, &c.

Verse 5

Blow winds, Hoyse sailes, and let us be gone,

But be sure we take all our Plunder along,

That Charles may find little when as he doth come,

For Round-heads Old Nick stand up now.

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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), “New-England is preparing a-pace”

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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