1. ۱Kentish Sir Byng stood for his King,
2. ۲Bidding the crop-headed Parliament swing:
3. ۳And, pressing a troop unable to stoop
4. ۴And see the rogues flourish and honest folk droop,
5. ۵Marched them along, fifty score strong,
6. ۶Great-hearted gentlemen, singing this song.
7. ۷
8. ۸God for King Charles! Pym and such carles
9. ۹To the Devil that prompts 'em their treasonous parles!
10. ۱۰Cavaliers, up! Lips from the cup,
11. ۱۱Hands from the pasty, nor bite take nor sup
12. ۱۲Till you're--
13. ۱۳
14. ۱۴--Marching along, fifty score strong,
15. ۱۵ Great-hearted gentlemen, singing this song.
16. ۱۶
17. ۱۷Hampden to hell, and his obsequies knell.
18. ۱۸Serve Hazelrig, Fiennes, and young Harry as well!
19. ۱۹England, good cheer! Rupert is near!
20. ۲۰Kentish and loyalists, keep we not here,
21. ۲۱
22. ۲۲--Marching along, fifty score strong,
23. ۲۳ Great-hearted gentlemen, singing this song.
24. ۲۴
25. ۲۵Then, God for King Charles! Pym and his snarls
26. ۲۶To the Devil that pricks on such pestilent carles!
27. ۲۷Hold by the right, you double your might;
28. ۲۸So, onward to Nottingham, fresh for the fight,
29. ۲۹
30. ۳۰--March we along, fifty score strong,
31. ۳۱ Great-hearted gentlemen, singing this song!
32. ۳۲
33. ۳۳King Charles, and who'll do him right now?
34. ۳۴King Charles, and who's ripe for fight now?
35. ۳۵Give a rouse; here's, in hell's despite now,
36. ۳۶King Charles!
37. ۳۷
38. ۳۸Who gave me the goods that went since?
39. ۳۹Who raised me the house that sank once?
40. ۴۰Who helped me to gold I spent since?
41. ۴۱Who found me in wine you drank once?
42. ۴۲
43. ۴۳--King Charles, and who'll do him right now?
44. ۴۴ King Charles, and who's ripe for fight now?
45. ۴۵ Give a rouse; here's, in hell's despite now,
46. ۴۶ King Charles!
47. ۴۷
48. ۴۸To whom used my boy George quaff else,
49. ۴۹By the old fool's side that begot him?
50. ۵۰For whom did he cheer and laugh else,
51. ۵۱While Noll's damned troopers shot him?
52. ۵۲
53. ۵۳--King Charles, and who'll do him right now?
54. ۵۴ King Charles, and who's ripe for fight now?
55. ۵۵ Give a rouse: here's, in hell's despite now,
56. ۵۶ King Charles!
57. ۵۷
58. ۵۸Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!
59. ۵۹Rescue my castle before the hot day
60. ۶۰Brightens to blue from its silvery gray,
61. ۶۱
62. ۶۲--Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!
63. ۶۳
64. ۶۴Ride past the suburbs, asleep as you'd say;
65. ۶۵Many's the friend there, will listen and pray
66. ۶۶"God's luck to gallants that strike up the lay--
67. ۶۷
68. ۶۸--Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!"
69. ۶۹
70. ۷۰Forty miles off, like a roebuck at bay,
71. ۷۱Flouts castle Brancepeth the Roundheads' array:
72. ۷۲Who laughs, "Good fellows ere this, by my fay,
73. ۷۳
74. ۷۴--Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!"
75. ۷۵
76. ۷۶Who? My wife Gertrude; that, honest and ...,
77. ۷۷Laughs when you talk of surrendering, "Nay!
78. ۷۸I've better counsellors; what counsel they?
79. ۷۹
80. ۸۰-- Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!"