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When the King enjoys his own again 1
,, comes home in Peace again 4
I love my King and Country well 6
The Commoners 8
The Royalist 10
The New Courtier 11
Upon the Cavaliers departing out of London 13
A Mad World, my Masters 14
The Man O’ The Moon 16
The Tub-Preacher 18
The New Litany 20
The Old Protestant’s Litany 23
Vive Le Roy 27
The Cavalier 28
A Caveat to the Roundheads 31
Hey, then, up go we 32
The Clean Contrary Way, or, Colonel Venne’s Encouragement 35
to his Soldiers
The Cameronian Cat 37
The Royal Feast 39
Upon His Majesty’s coming to Holmby 50
I thank you twice 51
The Cities Loyaltie to the King 52
The Lawyers’ Lamentation for the Loss of Charing-Cross 55
The Downfal of Charing-Cross 56
The Long Parliament 58
The Puritan 61
The Roundhead 64
Prattle your pleasure under the rose 65
The Dominion of the Sword 67
The State’s New Coin 70
The Anarchie, or the Blest Reformation since 1640 71
A Coffin for King Charles, a Crown For Cromwell, And A Pit 76
For The People
A Short Litany For The Year 1649 81
The Sale of Rebellion’s Household Stuff 82
The Cavalier’s Farewell to his Mistress, being called to 86
the Wars
The Last News from France 87
Song to the Figure Two 91
The Reformation 94
Upon the General Pardon passed by the Rump 98
An Old Song on Oliver’s Court 100
The Parliament Routed, or Here’s a House to be Let 102
A Christmas Song, when the Rump was first dissolved 107
A Free Parliament Litany 110
The Mock Song 114
The Answer 116
As close as a Goose 118
The Prisoners 120
The Protecting Brewer 122
The Arraignment of the Devil for stealing away President 124
Bradshaw
A New Ballad to an Old Tune, “Tom Of Bedlam” 130
Saint George and the Dragon, Anglice Mercurius Poeticus 133
The Second Part of St George for England 143
A New-year’s Gift for the Rump 147
A Proper New Ballad on the Old Parliament; or, the Second 151
Part of Knave Out of Doors
The Tale of the Cobbler and the Vicar of Bray 166
The Geneva Ballad 191
The Devil’s Progress on Earth, or Huggle Duggle, etc. 194
A Bottle Definition of that Fallen Angel, called a Whig 196
The Desponding Whig 197
Phanatick Zeal, or a Looking-glass for the Whigs 199
A New Game at Cards: or, Win at First and Lose at Last 202
The Cavaleers Litany 205
The Cavalier’s Complaint 209
An Echo to the Cavalier’s Complaint 211
A Relation 213
The Glory of these Nations 217
The Noble Progress, or, a True Relation of the Lord General 223
Monk’s Political Proceedings
On the King’s Return 227
The Brave Barbary 228
A Catch 229
The Turn-coat 231
The Claret-drinker’s Song, or, the Good Fellow’s Design 233
The Loyal Subjects’ Hearty Wishes to King Charles II. 236
King Charles the Second’s Restoration, 29th May 243
The Jubilee, or the Coronation Day 246
The King enjoys his own again 247
A Country Song, intituled the Restoration 248
Here’s a Health unto His Majesty 251
The Whigs drowned in an Honest Tory health 251
The Cavalier 253
The Lamentation of a Bad Market, or the Disbanded Souldier 255
The Courtier’s Health; or, The Merry Boys of the Times 260
The Loyal Tories’ Delight; or A Pill for Fanaticks 262
The Royal Admiral 265
The Unfortunate Whigs 266
The Downfall of the Good Old Cause 268
Old Jemmy 271
The Cloak’s Knavery 274
The Time-server, or a Medley 278
The Soldier’s Delight 280
The Loyal Soldier 281
The Polititian 283
A New Droll 285
The Royalist 287
The Royalist’s Resolve 288
Loyalty turned up Trump, or the Danger over 290
The Loyalist’s Encouragement 290
The Trouper 292
On the Times, or The Good Subject’s Wish 293
The Jovialists’ Coronation 294
The Loyal Prisoner 295
Canary’s Coronation 297
The Mournful Subjects, or, The Whole Nation’s Lamination, 299
from the highest to the lowest
Memento Mori 303
Accession of James II. 305
On the Most High and Mighty Monarch King James 307
In a Summer’s Day 309
LIST OF
BALLAD AND SONG BOOKS
AND
MSS. QUOTED IN THIS COLLECTION.
Ashmolean Collection.
Antidote to Melancholy, 1682.
Apollo’s Banquet, 1690.
Additional MSS.
Aviary, 1740–1745.
Broadsides, in the reign of Charles II.
„ „ „ _Roxburghe ballads_.
Butler’s, Samuel, Posthumous Works, 1732.
Burney’s, Dr, Collection of Songs.
Ballads, six, of the time of Charles II., in the British Museum.
Bagford’s Collection [qu. date].
Brome’s, Alex., Songs [qu. date].
Banquet of Music, 1689.
Bull’s, Dr, Collection of Songs [qu. date].
* Collection of State Songs that have been published since the Rebellion,
and sung at the several Mug-houses in the Cities of London and
Westminster, 1716.
* Collection of Loyal Songs, 1750 [Jacobites].
Complete Collection of Old and New English and Scotch Songs, 1735.
Craig’s Collection, 1730.
Convivial Songster, 1782.
Crown Garlands of Golden Roses.
Carey’s, Henry, Musical Centus, 1740.
* D’Urfey’s Songs (4 volumes,) or Pills to Purge Melancholy.
Douce’s Collection, Oxford.
Delightful Companion for the Recorder, 1686.
Dixon’s Ballads of the Peasants of England.
English Political Songs and Ballads of the 17th and 18th Centuries, by
Walker Wilkins.
Evans’ Old Ballads, 1810.
England under the House of Hanover, by Thos. Wright.
Folly in Print, or a Book of Rhymes, 1667.
Golden Garlands of Princely delights, 1620.
Harleian MSS.
Halifax’s Songs, 1694.
Halliwell’s Collection of Ballads, “Cheetham Library.”
Hogg’s Jacobite Relics of Scotland.
Jordan’s, Thomas, London Triumphant, 1672.
King’s Library.
„ Pamphlets—Collection of Political Songs, from 1640 to the Restoration
of Charles II.
Kitchener, Dr, Loyal and National Songs.
Loyal Songs, 120, 1684, by N. Thompson.
,, 180, 1685 to 1694.
Loyal Songs, 1731.
* Loyal Songs written against the Rump Parliament, between 1639 and 1661.
Loyal Garland, containing choice Songs, &c., of our late Revolution,
1761, and 5th Edition, 1686, Percy Society.
Merry Drollery, complete, 1670.
Muses’ Merriment, 1656. _See_ “Sportive Wit.”
Musical MSS., British Museum.
Musical Miscellany, Watts.
Muse’s Delight, 1757, or “Apollo’s Cabinet.”
Old Ballads, 1723, British Museum.
Playford’s Music and Mirth—“Douce’s Collection.”
„ Choice Songs, &c.
Playford’s Theatre of Music, 1685.
,, Pleasant Music Companion.
,, Catch that Catch can.
„ Antidote against Melancholy, 1669.
Political Merriment.
* Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1661.
Parker’s, Martin, Ballads, Roxburghe Collection.
Political Ballads, Percy Society, Wright’s Collection.
Pepys’ Collection, British Museum.
Rats rhymed to Death, 1660; King’s Pamphlets, British Museum.
* Roxburghe Ballads, 3 vols.
Rump Collection of Songs, 1639 to 1661. _See_ Loyal Songs.
Ritson’s Ancient Songs, 1790.
,, English ,,
Ramsay, Allan, Tea-table Miscellany, 1724.
Rome rhymed to Death [qu. date].
Sportive Wit; the Muse’s Merriment [qu. date].
Skene MSS.
Suckling’s, Sir John, Works [qu. date].
Second Tale of a Tub, 1715.
Satirical Songs on Costume.
True Loyalist, or Chevalier’s Favourite, 1779.
Triumph of Wit, or Ingenuity Displayed.
Taubman’s, Mat., Heroic and Choice Songs on the Times, 1682.
Westminster Drollery, 1671.
* Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy.
Wit restored, 1658.