Lilli Burlero

Ho brother Teague,
Dost hear de decree?
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Dat we shall have a new deputie,
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Lero, lero, lilli burlero,
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Lero, lero, lero lero
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Ho, by my Soul, it is a Talbot;
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And he will cut all de English throat
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Though, by my soul, de Enlish do prate,
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De law's on dere side and de divil knows what,
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But if Depense do come from de Pope
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We'll hang Magna Carta demselves on a rope
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And de good Talbot is now made a Lord,
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And with his brave lads he's coming aboard,
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Who all in France have taken a swear,
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Dat day will have no Protestant heir,
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O but why does he stay behind?
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Ho, by my soul, 'tis a Protestant wind,
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Now that Tyrconnel is come ashore,
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And we shall have comissions galore.
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And he dat will not go to Mass,
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Shall be turned out and look like an ass,
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Now, now de hereticks all will go down,
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By Christ and St Patrick's the nation's our own,
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Dere was an old prophercy found in a bog,
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Dat our land would be ruled by an ass and a dog,
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So now dis old prophecy's coming to pass,
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For James is de dog and Tyrconnel's de ass,
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