A Tippling Ballad
a tippling ballad
on the duke of brunswick's breaking up his camp, and the defeat of the austrians, by dumourier, november 1792.
when princes and prelates,
and hot-headed zealots,
a'europe had set in a low, a low,
the poor man lies down,
nor envies a ,
and forts himself as he dow, as he dow,
and forts himself as he dow.
the black-headed eagle,
as keen as a beagle,
he hunted o'er height and o'er howe,
in the braes o' gemappe,
he fell in a trap,
e'e him e out as he dow, dow, dow,
e'e him e out as he dow.
but truce with otions,
and new-fangled notions,
a bumper, i trust you'll allow;
here's gee ood king,
and charlotte his queen,
and lang may they ring as they dow, dow, dow,
and lang may they ring as they dow.
on the duke of brunswick's breaking up his camp, and the defeat of the austrians, by dumourier, november 1792.
when princes and prelates,
and hot-headed zealots,
a'europe had set in a low, a low,
the poor man lies down,
nor envies a ,
and forts himself as he dow, as he dow,
and forts himself as he dow.
the black-headed eagle,
as keen as a beagle,
he hunted o'er height and o'er howe,
in the braes o' gemappe,
he fell in a trap,
e'e him e out as he dow, dow, dow,
e'e him e out as he dow.
but truce with otions,
and new-fangled notions,
a bumper, i trust you'll allow;
here's gee ood king,
and charlotte his queen,
and lang may they ring as they dow, dow, dow,
and lang may they ring as they dow.