The Joviall Broome man:
OR,
A Kent street Souldiers exact relation,
Of all his Travels in Every Nation,
His famous acts are all shewne here,
As in this story doth appeare.
To the tune of slow men of London.
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ROome for a Lad thats come from seas,
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Hey jolly Broome-man,
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That gladly now would take his ease,
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And therefore make me roome man.
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To France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Spaine,
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Hey jolly Broome man,
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I crost the seas, and backe againe,
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And therefore make me roome man.
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Yet in these Countries lived I,
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Hey jolly Broome man,
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And see many a valiant souldier dye,
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And therefore give me roome man.
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An hundred gallants there I kild,
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Hey jolly Broome man.
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And beside a world of bloud I spild,
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And therefore make me roome man.
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In Germany I tooke a towne,
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Hey jolly Broome man,
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I threw the walls there up side downe,
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And therefore make me roome man.
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And when that I the same had done,
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Hey jolly Broome man,
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I made the people all to run,
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And therefore make, etc.
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And when the people all were gone,
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Hey, etc.
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I held the towne my selfe alone,
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And therefore, etc,
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When valiant Ajax fought with Hector,
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Hey, etc.
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I made them friends with a bowle of Nectar,
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And therefore, etc.
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The Second Part. To the same tune.
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WHen Saturne warrd against the Sun,
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Hey, etc.
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Then through my helpe the field he won,
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And therefore, etc.
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With Hercules I tost the Club,
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Hey, etc.
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I rold Diogenes in a Tub,
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And therefore, etc,
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When Tamberlaine overcame the Turke,
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Hey, etc.
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I blew up thousands in a worke,
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And therefore, etc.
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When Caesars pompe I overthrew,
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Hey, etc.
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Then many a Roman Lord I slew.
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And therefore, etc.
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When the Ammorites besiegd Rome wals,
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Hey, etc.
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I drove them backe with fiery balls,
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And therefore, etc.
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And when the Greekes besieged Troy,
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Hey, etc.
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I rescued off dame Hellens joy,
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And therefore, etc.
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And when that I had won this fame,
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Hey, etc.
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I was honord of all men for the same,
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And therefore, etc.
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At Tilbury Campe with Captaine Drake,
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Hey, etc.
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I made the Spanish Fleet to quake,
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And therefore, etc.
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At Hollands leaguer there I fought,
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Hey, etc.
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But there the service provd too hot,
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And therefore, etc,
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Then from the leaguer returned I,
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Hey, etc.
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Naked, Hungry, cold, and dry,
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And therefore, etc.
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But here I have now compast the Globe,
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Hey, etc.
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I am backe returnd as poore as Job,
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And therefore, etc.
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And now I am safe returned backe,
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Hey, etc.
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Heres to you in a cup of Canary Sacke,
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And therefore, etc.
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And now I am safe returned here,
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Hey, etc.
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Heres to you in a cup of English Beere,
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And therefore, etc.
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And if my travels you desire to see,
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Hey, etc.
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You may buyt for a peny heere of mee,
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And hereafter make me roome man.
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