From a Collection of Loyal Songs, 1610 to 1660.
UNDONE! undone! the lawyers cry,
They ramble up and down;
We know not the way to _Westminster_
Now _Charing-Cross_ is down.
Now fare thee well, old Charing-Cross,
Then fare thee well, old stump;
It was a thing set up by a King,
And so pull’d down by the _Rump_.
And when they came to the bottom of the Strand
They were all at a loss:
This is not the way to _Westminster_,
We must go by _Charing-Cross_.
Then fare thee well, etc.
The Parliament did vote it down
As a thing they thought most fitting,
For fear it should fall, and so kill ’em all
In the House as they were sitting.
Then fare thee well, etc.
Some letters about this _Cross_ were found,
Or else it might been freed;
But I dare say, and safely swear,
It could neither write nor read.
Then fare thee well, etc.
The _Whigs_ they do affirm and say
To _Popery_ it was bent;
For what I know it might be so,
For to church it never went,
Then fare thee well, etc.
This cursed _Rump-Rebellious Crew_,
They were so damn’d hard-hearted;
They pass’d a vote that _Charing-Cross_
Should be taken down and carted:
Then fare thee well, etc.
Now, _Whigs_, I would advise you all,
’Tis what I’d have you do;
For fear the King should come again,
Pray pull down _Tyburn_ too.
Then fare thee well, etc.