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National Library of Scotland - Crawford
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King William's March;
OR THE
Glorious Success of His Majesties Arms in Ireland.
To a Pleasant New Trumpet Tune, call'd, King William's March.
Licensed according to Order.

HArk! Hark! and yonder
hear the Martial Thunder;
William the Great,
he has now done the Feat,
and his Hect'ring Foes knock under:
Hark! the Roaring Cannon,
Ecchoing all, Ecchoing all,
with the Voice of Triumph call,
from the Boyne and Shannon:
From the Boyne and Shannon.

(2)
Nassau the Glorious,
Drives them all before us,
See how he Strides
O're their heads, whilst he rides,
Like the God of War, Victorious:
Nor to make a Stay long,
With a Jerk, with a Jerk,
What kept Noll four years at work,
Holds him but a Day long.
Holds him but a Day long.

(3)
Teague, who Slimly,
Once did look so Grimly,
Like a true Jade,
At his old Running Trade,
Gallops o're his Boggs most nimbly:
Monsieur all in haste too,
Much ado, much ado,
Without either Brogue or Shoe,
Forc'd to Trot as fast too.
Forc'd to Trot, etc.

(4)
Jerny-bledu, and Nounze, Sir,
Did you hear the Bouncer?
Ireland and all,
Was a Breakfast too small,
For the Hungry Maw of Monsieur:

Swallow'd at a Swoop all,
Till King Will, till King Will,
Gave him such a bitter Pill,
Made him Gourge it up all.
Made him, etc.

(5)
To Truck to France too,
Teague had lead the Dance too,
And Monsieur Don,
Had the Kingdom out-run,
Had his Friends in Hell stood Stanch too,
Had they done their Duty:
But Old Nick, but Old Nick,
Play'd him such [a] slippery Trick,
The Jacobites play'd Booty.
The Jacobites, etc.

(6)
By my Shoulwasion,
A Plague confound this Fashion.
Patrick our Head,
Bu-bu-bo, he is Dead,
And Jemmy has left our Nation:
Oh Decrees, Sir,
Mother Church, Mother Church,
Has left poor Teagues own shelf i'th' Lurch,
Without one Yard of Freeze, Sir.
Without one Yard of Freeze, Sir.


FINIS.
Printed for Ch. Bates, next the Crown-Tavern,
in West-Smithfield.

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