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The disloyal Timist

Alexander Brome

“The disloyal Timist” as printed in Rump Songs (1662).

Alexander Brome: Collected Lyrics Text 60 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

1.

Now our holy Wars are don,

Betwixt the Father and the Son;

And since we have by righteous fate,

Distrest a Monarch and his Mate.

And first their heirs fly into France

To weep out their Inheritance;

Let’s set open all our Packs,

Which contain ten thousand wracks;

Cast on the shore of the red Sea

Of Naseby, and of Newbery.

If then you will come provided with Gold,

We dwell

Close by Hell,

Where wee’l sell

What you will,

That is ill;

For Charity waxeth cold.

Verse 2

2.

Hast thou done murther, or bloud spilt,

We can soon giv’t another name,

That will keep thee from all blame:

But be it still provided thus,

That thou hast once been one of us;

Gold is the God that shall pardon the Guilt,

For we have

What shall save

Thee from th’ Grave,

Since the Law

We can awe;

Although a famous Prince’s bloud were spilt.

Verse 3

3.

If a Church thou hast bereft

Of its Plate, ’tis holy-theft;

Or for Zeal-sake, if thou beest

Prompted on to take a Priest;

Gold is a sure prevailing Advocate:

Then come

Bring a summe,

Law is dumb:

And submits,

To our wits;

For it’s Policy guides a State.

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), “The disloyal Timist”

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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