ENGLANDS Happy State:
Or, the Subjects Joy, for the Election
Of a New PARLIAMENT:
Brave English Hearts your joys Compleat,
And Loyal prove to James the Great,
So may you still most happy be,
And Flourish in Prosperity.
To the Tune of, Now Now the Fights Done:
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NOw raise up your spirits brave English men,
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For I hope you will see happy times here agen,
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Since James our Great King gives his Royal consent,
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And orders the calling a New PARLIAMENT:
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Then let us Rejoyce and most cheerfully sing,
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That never were people more blest with a King.
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And under his Banner we boldly will Fight,
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His rights to maintain by day and by night,
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To show our Alegiance we'l do our endeavour,
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In Loyalty still we will strive to persever:
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and like faithful Subjects most cheerfully sing,
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that never were people more blest in a King.
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Such brave Loyal men some say there are chose,
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They'l encourage our friends, and astonish our foes,
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Gods belssings and mercy's upon them attend,
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That poor Englands troubles may once have an end;
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then all Loyal Subjects will cheerfully sing,
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God bless James the Second our Soveraign King.
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In time we may floursih again as before,
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Since God hath some mercies for England in store,
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That under our Prince we may Flourish and thrive,
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And sound forth his goodness while we do survive:
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so may Loyal Subjects most cheerfully sing,
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that never, etc.
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Were England but free'd from all strife and sedition,
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O then they would be in a happy condition,
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When Subjects do freely their Princes obey,
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No souls under Heaven more happy then they:
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then all Loyal Subjects most cheerfully sing,
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God bless James, etc.
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Such persons are chose for Parliament-Men,
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You'l find but few such in all Europe agen;
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Such persons indeed are most fit to assemble,
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To make the Kings foes for to fear and to tremble:
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that all Loyal Subjects may merrily sing,
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no people, etc.
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Whats wanting dear Souls your hearts to rejoyce,
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You now have your freedom to make a good choice,
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And Loyalists now in your splendor appear,
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To serve both your Country and Soveraign dear,
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that you in Conclusion may merrily sings,
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no Subjects, etc.
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Nor can we be Crowned with more Happiness,
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Then a King whom the Heavens is pleas'd for to bless.
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O let us be thankful by night and by day,
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And for his prosperity heartily pray;
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then let Loyal Subjects most merrily sing,
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that never, etc.
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And thus to conclude, I all men do advise,
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To be Loyal and true, to be merry and wise,
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A Nation divided 'tis pitty to see,
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But happy when all in one mind do agree;
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then brave Loyal Subjects will merrily sing,
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that never were people more blest in a KING.
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FINIS.
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