I think the time for a lengthy babble about NoS is past, sadly, since Parli's in a few days. Suffice to say I had a great time despite being absolutely knackered
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Re: Futility of Revolutiond20yfxMarch 1 2010, 15:26:33 UTC
And, before I forget. Still Lyrics, but a lot older :)
17. The Contented Words: Rearranged and slightly rewritten ( Butler,1986) after an anonymous original printed in MDC, 270. Tune: Gregg Butler (1986)
(MDC: 'Merry Drollery Complete' is one of a group of song books produced after the Restoration, and reprinting the wealth of topical songs, poems and other epmemera which had circulated on the Royalist side during the Civil War. Its first edition was printed in London in 1661, and was reissued in 1970 and 1691 - the last being 'Printed for William Miller, at the Gilded Acorn, in St. Paul's Church-yard'.)
Pray why should any man complain or why disturb his heart and brain At this new alteration Since that which has been done’s no more than that was often done before And that which will be done again as long as there are ambitious men Who strive for domination
In this mad age there’s nothing firm all things have period and their turn For rising then declining Without our help affairs of state they pass at their ordained rate We watch but neither cheer nor frown which e'er side’s up we’re always down There’s no use for cheers nor whining
So still we commons must indeed be made a starveling hackney steed For all in turns will ride us This side or that no matter which for both will ride with spur and switch 'Til soon we tire and then at last we stumble and our riders cast For they’ll not feed nor guide us
The lawyers must lay by their books they and the clergy quite mistook Thought crowns were gained by prating 'Tis not the black coat but the red has power to take or be the head Nor is it psalms nor laws nor tears but muskets and full bandoleers Have power of legislating
Such wit and valour root all things they pull down and they set up kings We’ll not presume to judge them For that side’s always right that’s strong and that that’s beaten must be wrong We common folks stay fast at home and heaven help the slack-brained mome That law and scripture quotes from tome thinking with right to gain his own He’s from his living quickly thrown and was but a fool to oppose them.
17. The Contented
Words: Rearranged and slightly rewritten ( Butler,1986) after an anonymous
original printed in MDC, 270.
Tune: Gregg Butler (1986)
(MDC: 'Merry Drollery Complete' is one of a group of song books produced after the Restoration, and reprinting the wealth of topical songs, poems and other epmemera which had circulated on the Royalist side during the Civil War. Its first edition was printed in London in 1661, and was reissued in 1970 and 1691 - the last being 'Printed for William Miller, at the Gilded Acorn, in St. Paul's Church-yard'.)
Pray why should any man complain or why disturb his heart and brain
At this new alteration
Since that which has been done’s no more than that was often done before
And that which will be done again as long as there are ambitious men
Who strive for domination
In this mad age there’s nothing firm all things have period and their turn
For rising then declining
Without our help affairs of state they pass at their ordained rate
We watch but neither cheer nor frown which e'er side’s up we’re always down
There’s no use for cheers nor whining
So still we commons must indeed be made a starveling hackney steed
For all in turns will ride us
This side or that no matter which for both will ride with spur and switch
'Til soon we tire and then at last we stumble and our riders cast
For they’ll not feed nor guide us
The lawyers must lay by their books they and the clergy quite mistook
Thought crowns were gained by prating
'Tis not the black coat but the red has power to take or be the head
Nor is it psalms nor laws nor tears but muskets and full bandoleers
Have power of legislating
Such wit and valour root all things they pull down and they set up kings
We’ll not presume to judge them
For that side’s always right that’s strong and that that’s beaten must be wrong
We common folks stay fast at home and heaven help the slack-brained mome
That law and scripture quotes from tome thinking with right to gain his own
He’s from his living quickly thrown and was but a fool to oppose them.
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