Close ×

Search EBBA

Advanced Search

EBBA 35018

Houghton Library - EBB65
Recording Information
Ballad Title A New BALLAD, / With the Definition of the Word / TORY. / THe Word of Tory's of Irish Extraction, / 'Tis a Legacy they have left here, / They came here in their Brogues, / And have acted like Rogues, / In endeavouring to learn us to Swear. / Those Papists, I may rather say Atheists, / Was sent with a Sham to the Town, / To Swear one Plot up and another Plot down. / With a thick Irish Air, like the same that they / (Swear, / Contradiction in every Line; / But this I conclude, their understanding's not / (good, / Their Reason's left in Ireland behind. / Towzer. / I will Write on / and Sham as I / have begun. / Thomson. / And I will Lie in / Print as you have / done. / Church of ENGLAND. / There's nothing essential that divides us two. / PRESBYTER. / Let us combine against the common Foe.
Tune Imprint To the Tune of Hey Boys up go we.
Standard Tune Title Hey, Boys, Up Go We
Media
Listen
00:00 | 8:29
Download Ho1.4021588.mp3 (Right click, Save As)