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British Library - Thomason Tracts Ballads
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THE
Re-resurrection of the RUMP:
OR,
Rebellion and Tyranny revived.
The Third Edition, To the Tune of the Blacksmith.

IF none be offended with the Scent
Though I foul my Mouth, Ile be content
To sing of the Rump of a Parliament,
Which nobody can deny.

I have sometimes fed on a Rump in sowse,
And a man may imagine the Rump of a Louse;
But till now was nere heard of the Rump of a House,
Which nobody can deny.

There's a Rump of Beef, and the Rump of a Goose,
And a Rump whose neck was hang'd in a Noose;
But ours is a Rump can play fast and loose,
Which nobody can deny.

A Rump had Jane Shore, and a Rump Messaleen,
And a Rump had Antonies resolute Queen;
But such a Rump as ours is never was seen,
Which nobody can deny.

Two short years together we English have scarce
Been rid of thy rampant Nose (old Mars)
But now thou hast got a prodigious Arse,
Which nobody can deny.

When the parts of the body did all fall out,
Some votes it is like did pass for the Snout;
But that the Rump should be King was never a doubt,
Which nobody can deny.

A Cat has a Rump, and a Cat has nine Lives,
Yet when her Heads off, her Rump never strives;
But our Rump from the grave hath made two Retrives,
Which nobody can deny.

That the Rump may all their Enemies quail,
They'l borrow the Devils Coat of Mail,
And all to defend their Estate in Tayl,
Which nobody can deny.

But though their Scal now seem to be the Upper,
There's no need of the charg of a Thanksgiving supper
For if they be the Rump, the Army's their Crupper,
Which nobody can deny.

There is a saying belongs to the Rump,
Which is good, although it be worn to the Stump,
That on the Buttocks Ile give thee a Thump,
Which nobody can deny.

There's a Proverb in which the Rump claims a part,
Which has in it more of Sence then of Art,
That for all you can do, I care not a Fart,
Which nobody can deny.

There's another Proverb gives the Rump for his Crest
But Alderman Atkins made it a Jest,
That of all kind of Lucks, shitten Luck is the best,
Which nobody can deny.

There is another Proverb that never will fail,
That the good the Rump will do when they prevail,
Is to give us a Flap with a Fox-tail,
Which nobody can deny.

There is a Saying which is made of no Fools;
I never can hear on't but my heart it cools,
That the Rump will spend all we have in Close-stools,
Which nobody can deny.

There's an Observation wise and deep,
Which without an Onion will make me to weep,
That Flyes will blow Maggots in the Rump of a Sheep,
Which nobody can deny.

And some that can see the Wood from the Trees.
Say this Sanctify'd Rump in time we may leese;
For the Cooks do challenge the Rumps for their Fees
Which nobody can deny.

When the Rump do sit we will make it our Moane,
That a Reason be 'nacted, if there be not one,
Why a Fart hath a Tongue, and a Fyest hath none?
Which nobody can deny.

And whilst within the Walls they Lurk,
To satisfie us, will be a good work;
Who hath most Religion, the Rump, or the Turk,
Which nobody can deny.

A Rump's a Fag-end, like the Baulk of a Furrow,
And is to the whole like the Jayl to the Burrough;
'Tis the Bran that is left when the Meal is run thorow,
Which nobody can deny.

Consider the World, the Heav'n is the head on't,
The earth is the middle, and we men are fed on't,
But Hell is the Rump, and no more can be fed on't.
Which nobody can deny.


Flectere si nequeunt superos Archeronta movebunt.
FINIS, In English, The RUMP.

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