Alexander Brome: Collected Lyrics
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Upon the Cavaliers departing out of London

Alexander Brome

“Upon the Cavaliers departing out of London” as printed in Rump Songs (1662).

Alexander Brome: Collected Lyrics Text 74 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

Now fare thee well London,

Thou next must be undone,

’Cause thou hast undone us before;

This Cause and this Tyrant,

Had ne’re play’d this high rant,

Were’t not for thy argent and Or,

Verse 2

2.

Now we must desert thee,

With the lines that begirt thee,

And the Red-coated Saints domineer;

Who with liberty fool thee,

While a Monster doth rule thee,

And thou feel’st what before thou didst fear.

Verse 3

3.

Now Justice and Freedom,

With the Laws that did breed ’urn,

Are sent to Jamaica for gold;

And those that upheld ’um,

Have power but seldom,

For Justice is barter’d and sold.

Verse 4

4.

Now the Christian Religion

Must seek a new Region,

And the old Saints give way to the new;

And we that are Loyal,

Vail to those that destroy all,

When the Christian gives place to the Jew.

Verse 5

5.

But this is our glory

In this wretched story,

Calamities fall on the best;

And those that destroy us

Do better imploy us,

To sing till they are supprest.

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), “Upon the Cavaliers departing out of London”

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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