A PEPYSIAN GARLAND - online book

Black-letter Broadside Ballads Of The years 1595-1639

	WHIPPING CHEER
	Thumpe, and thumpe, and thump apace, for feare the whipper take yee. Ther's hemp, & flax and tow to to to, Tow to to to to tero. ii O Isters wee haue receiu'd your letters, O And lament your2 cases: Worke but apace a little while, Wee will possesse your places. At hempe and flaxe and tow, to, to, to. At hempe and flaxe, &c. 12   You haue plaid your parts wee see, And well maintaind the battle: Now to giue the Counterblow, Weele make the beetles rattle. At hempe and flaxe and tow, to to to, At hempe &c. 13   Dice and cards and mony store, Which euerv foole disburses: Commands vs all to sing and roare, With full impleated purses. Now to the hempe and Tow to to to, Now to the, &c. 14   Clownes shall not escape our hands, But still we will be nipping; Weele ventures gentry state and lands, Because weele haue some whipping. At hempe and flaxe and Tow to to to, At hempe, &c. 15   Sommons shall be sent abroad, To call home country brothers: 1 Torn.                      2 Text yours.
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