Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Poetry; Sea songs -- Great Britain
Their shott still at our tackling flew,
Lest when they ran we should pursue,
_With a thump, etc._;
For though the Dutch are sea-men grown,
Bold English are the marks-men known,
And therefore kill them six for one,
_With a thump, thump, etc._
Our rere was Smith, with other two
(Spragge and Kempthorn) both true blew,
_With a thump, etc._
And here the Zealanders came on,
Who stoutly gave us gun for gun,
Till Holland-like they also run,
_With a thump, thump, etc._
‘In, in, in, in,’ said valiant Spragge,
‘Wee’l beat this vapouring Trump to th’ Hague’
_With a thump, etc._
His chaplain fell to his wonted work,
Cryed, ‘Now for the King and the Duke of York!’
He prayed like a Christian and fought like a Turk,
_With a thump, thump, etc._
Six thousand Dutch (a Low-Country dish)
We sent to their own cozen the fish,
_With a thump, etc._
The rest into holes so tamely crawl
That little _Fanfan_ dar’d them all,
Great Rupert’s sloop is an admirall.
_With a thump, thump, etc._
What Amsterdamnable cowards are these
To boast that they were lords of the seas,
_With a thump, etc._
Their impudent Gazette proclaims
How bravely they lock’d up the Thames!
But had no leave from Charles or James,
_And therefore had a thump, thump, etc._
And now De Witt’s new Holland Rump
(Who rides the States) will burn to th’ stump,
_With a thump, etc._;
For George in England once before
Hath fir’d one Rump, and will do more,
Till men and bells all Dutch-land o’re
_Sing rump, rump, etc._
Then let them invent some other cheat,
Go hang their captains ’cause th’ are beat
_With a thump, etc._
Let Monsieur and Myn Heer that snarls
At our _Soveraign_ and _Royal Charles_,
Beware of Ruperts and Albemarles.
_With a thump, thump, etc._
[Sir JOHN BIRKENHEAD.]
_THE SECOND PART OF THE LATE AND TERRIBLE FIGHT ON ST. JAMES’S DAY, ONE
THOUSAND 666._
To the Tune of the First Part.
A Second Part I here indite
Of the English and Dutch bloody fight,
_With a thump, thump, thump, thump, thump,
Thump, thump upon thump_.
This only tells what was done since
The renowned Duke and famous Prince
Made the Seven-headed Beast to wince,
_With a thump, etc._
As you the first so sing this too
To the French tune call’d Monsieur Ragou
_With a thump, etc._
Or else because that this discourses
Of Beaufort’s and De Ruyter’s forces,
Call the tune the Dancing Hobby Horses,
_With a thump, etc._
Sing not High English in Low Dutch,
Though now our foes are truly such,
_With a thump, etc._
This must be sung, not said at all,
And they that sing must rise and fall;
In this ballad too the tune is all,
_With a thump, etc._
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