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The Zealous Puritan

Alexander Brome

“The Zealous Puritan” as printed in Rump Songs (1662).

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Verse 1

My Brethren all attend,

And list to my relation:

This is the day, mark what I say,

Tends to your renovation;

Stay not among the Wicked,

Lest that with them you perish,

But let us to New-England go,

And the Pagan People cherish;

Then for the truths sake come along, come along,

Leave this place of Superstition:

Were it not for we, that the Brethren be,

You would sink into Perdition.

Verse 2

There you may teach our hymns,

Without the Laws controulment:

We need not fear, the Bishops there,

Nor Spiritual-Courts inroulment;

Nay, the Surplice shall not fright us,

Nor superstitious blindness;

Nor scandals rise, when we disguise,

And our Sisters kiss in kindness;

Then for the truths sake, &c.

Verse 3

For Company I fear not,

There goes my Cosin Hannah,

And Ruben, so perswades to go

My Cosin Joyce, Susanna.

With Abigal and Faith,

And Ruth, no doubt, comes after;

And Sarah kind, will not stay behind;

My Cosin Constance Daughter;

Then for the truths sake, &c.

Verse 4

Tom Tyler is prepared,

And th’ Smith as black as a coal;

Ralph Cobler too with us will go,

For he regards his soul;

The Weaver, honest Simon,

With Prudence, Jacobs Daughter,

And Sarah, she, and Barbary

Professeth to come after;

Then for the truths sake, &c.

Verse 5

When we, that are elected,

Arrive in that fair Country,

Even by our faith, as the Brethren saith,

We will not fear our entry;

The Psalms shall be our Musick,

Our time spent in expounding,

Which in our zeal we will reveal

To the Brethrens joy abounding;

Then for the truths sake, &c.

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 Zealous Puritan”

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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