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And for jaunting, and junketting,
the favourite regale, Sir.
Was a walk as far as Chelsea,
to demolish buns and ale, Sir. O the, &c.

Then the folks ev'ry Sunday,
went twice at least to church,
And never left the Parson, or
his sermon in the church, Sir;
For they judg'd that the Sabbath was
for people to be good in, Sir;
And they thought it Sabbath-break
if they din'd without a pudding Sir. O the, &c

Then our great men were good,
and our good men were great, Sir,
And the propsect the nation were
the pillars of the state Sir;
For the sovereign and subject
one in cross supported,
And our powerful alliance by
all powers then was occurred o the, &c

Then the High and Mighty States,
to their everlasting frain, Sir;
By Britons were reviv'd form
the galling yoke of Spain, Sir;
And the roused British Lion
had all Europe then combin'd Sir,
Undismay'd would haye scatter'd them,
like chast before the wind, O the, &c


Thus they are and they drank,
and they worked, and they play'd, Sir,