The Prisoners
1
Come a brimmer (my bullies) drink whole ones or nothing,
Now healths have been voted down,
'Tis sack that can heat us, we care not for cloathing,
A gallon's as warm as a gown,
'Cause the Parliament sees,
Nor the former nor these,
Could engage us to drink their health,
They Vote that we shall
Drink no healths at all
Nor to King nor to Common-wealth,
So that now we must venture to drink 'um by stealth.
2
But we've found out a way that's beyond all their thinking,
To keep up Good-fellowship still
We'l drink their destruction that would destroy drinking,
Let 'um Vote that a health if they will
Those men that did fight,
And did pray day and night
For the Parliament and its attendant,
Did make all that busle,
The King out to jusle,
And bring in the Independent,
But now we all clearly see what was the end on't.
3
Now their Idol's thrown down with their sooterkin also,
About which they did make such a puther,
And though their contrivance made one King to fall so
We have drunk our selves into another.
And now (my Lads) we
May still Caveliers be,
In spite of Committes frown,
We will drink, and wee'l sing,
And each health to our King
Shall be Royally drunk in the crown,
Which shall be the Standard in every Town.
4
Those politick would-bees do but shew themselves asses,
That other mens calling invade,
We only converse with pots and with glasses,
Let the Rulers alone with their trade
The Lyon of the Tower ,
Their estates does devour,
Without shewing law for't or reason,
Into prison we get,
For the crime called debt,
Where our Bodies and brains we do season,
And that is ne're taken for murther or treason.
5
Where our ditties still be give's more drink, give's more drink boyes
Let those that are frugal take care,
Our Goalers and we will live by our chink boyes,
While our Creditours live by the air
Here we lie at our ease,
And get craft and grease,
Till we've merrily spent all our store,
Then as drink brought us in,
'Twill redeem us agen,
We got in because we were poor,
And swear our selves out on the very same score.
Come a brimmer (my bullies) drink whole ones or nothing,
Now healths have been voted down,
'Tis sack that can heat us, we care not for cloathing,
A gallon's as warm as a gown,
'Cause the Parliament sees,
Nor the former nor these,
Could engage us to drink their health,
They Vote that we shall
Drink no healths at all
Nor to King nor to Common-wealth,
So that now we must venture to drink 'um by stealth.
2
But we've found out a way that's beyond all their thinking,
To keep up Good-fellowship still
We'l drink their destruction that would destroy drinking,
Let 'um Vote that a health if they will
Those men that did fight,
And did pray day and night
For the Parliament and its attendant,
Did make all that busle,
The King out to jusle,
And bring in the Independent,
But now we all clearly see what was the end on't.
3
Now their Idol's thrown down with their sooterkin also,
About which they did make such a puther,
And though their contrivance made one King to fall so
We have drunk our selves into another.
And now (my Lads) we
May still Caveliers be,
In spite of Committes frown,
We will drink, and wee'l sing,
And each health to our King
Shall be Royally drunk in the crown,
Which shall be the Standard in every Town.
4
Those politick would-bees do but shew themselves asses,
That other mens calling invade,
We only converse with pots and with glasses,
Let the Rulers alone with their trade
The Lyon of the Tower ,
Their estates does devour,
Without shewing law for't or reason,
Into prison we get,
For the crime called debt,
Where our Bodies and brains we do season,
And that is ne're taken for murther or treason.
5
Where our ditties still be give's more drink, give's more drink boyes
Let those that are frugal take care,
Our Goalers and we will live by our chink boyes,
While our Creditours live by the air
Here we lie at our ease,
And get craft and grease,
Till we've merrily spent all our store,
Then as drink brought us in,
'Twill redeem us agen,
We got in because we were poor,
And swear our selves out on the very same score.
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