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THE SECOND PART OF THE LATE AND TERRIBLE FIGHT ON ST. JAMES'S DA Y, ONE THOUSAND 666.
To the Tune of the First Part.
A Second Part I here indite
Of the English and Dutch bloody fight,
With a thump, thump, thump, thump, thump,
Thump, thump upon thicmp. This only tells what was done since The renowned Duke and famous Prince Made the Seven-headed Beast to wince,
With a thump, etc.
As you the first so sing this too
To the French tune call'd Monsieur Ragou
With a thump, etc. Or else because that this discourses Of Beaufort's and De Ruyter's forces, Call the tune the Dancing Hobby Horses,
With a thump, etc.
Sing not High English in Low Dutch, Though now our foes are truly such,
With a thump, etc. This must be sung, not said at all, And they that sing must rise and fall : In this ballad too the tune is all,-
With a thump, etc.
The terrible fight on St. James's Day Ended with Ruyter's running away,
With a thump, etc. The first part did th' officers prayse, The Duke of York and King now saies The sea-men too deserve some bays,
With a thump, etc.
For though the officers bear the bell The private sea-men rang the Dutch knel, With a thump, etc. |
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