Classic Poem

To the Tune of Cook Laurell .

1.

Y O u saw Eleven Members turn'd out of Doors,
And 200: more were driven from home,
And then their own Lords were voted down stairs,
(When some of them crept into the Lower room: )
We purg'd and we purg'd, but all would not do't,
(The Body had got such a damnable Paunch)
'Till OLIVER fell upon Branch and Root ,
Then down with it, down with it, down Root and Branch .
With a hey down, down a down down,
Sing ho down down to make up the Ditty,
With a hey down down a down down,
The Parliament's broke as well as the City.

2.

These Remnant Members began to say
Their General was fit to be had in suspition;
And offered to Vote his Commission away.
As if (forsooth) they had given him his Commission:
He did (yet did not) make use of his Sword,
On Men that could vote, and vote, but no more
He shew'd them his Hilt, and spake but a word,
And that word blew the whole House out of door.
With a hey down, &c.
The Parliament's broke as well as the City.

3.

This day was Strafford all-to-be-Traytor'd,
Because (they say) He had an Intent
(As this day Nol the Members scatter'd)
By an Army to force the Parliament.
At which old VANE now rants and raves,
For Strafford's bloud is not yet grown cold)
And yet we must say while we speak of Knaves,
The Old is the Young , and the Young is the Old .
With a hey down, &c.
The Parliament's broke as well as the City.

4.

Sir MILDMAY then with his hand on his groin,
(As for a Knave of the Diamonds ) stood:
He eat the Kings Bread, & drank the Kings Wine,
So long till at last he drank of his Bloud.
So did CORNELIVS HOLLAND too,
Whose share i'th' Revenue doth fill three Pages,
But now when the House is broke up (you know)
'Tis fit Houshold Servants be paid their Wages.
With a hey down, c.
The Parliament's broke as well as the City.

5.

The Judge of Morocco (Treason HILL)
Devour'd at a Morsell all Taunton Dean ,
He keeps five Chambers i'th' Temple , but will
(Now th' House is pull'd down) be a Hillock again.
And the Devil too for his BOND doth call,
Though Dennis from Chamber to Chamber did hop,
He sate Lord President at Whitehall ,
But now must go home to sit in his shop.
With a hey, &c.
The Parliament's broke as well as the City.

6.

Now Alderman Fustian cocks not his Beaver,
Who chang'd his Name from Perry to PVRY ,
A Dean and a Bishop made out of a Weaver,
That had been refus'd to be of a Jury:
He vow'd to leave not a Gentleman ,
Though every House were big as Rome:
In all bloody Votes he highest ran;
But now may run down to his Bottom and Loom .
With a hey, &c.
The Parliament's broke as well as the City.

7.

Now look to your Wives, for I am inform'd
That carnal SCOT is again broke loose;
But the House that shelter'd his Lust is Reform'd
As he did the Hall of Lambeth-house;
(For he knew the High Commission sate there)
Both King and Cromwell he openly curs'd,
But Oliver now will pay his Arrear,
For of all kind of Scots the English is worst.
With a hey down, down a down down,
Sing ho down down to make up the Ditty,
With a hey down down a down down,
The Parliament's broke as well as the City.