Put us in prison and steal our estates,
Though we be forced to be unhorsed,
And walk on foot as it pleaseth the fates;
In the King’s army no man shall harm ye,
Then come along, boys, valiant and strong, boys,
Fight for your goods, which the Roundheads enjoy;
And when you venture London to enter,
And when you come, boys, with fife and drum, boys,
Isaac himself shall cry, Vive le Roy.
Since honest Parliament never made thieves,
Charles will not further have rogues dipt in murder,
Neither by leases, long lives, nor reprieves.
’Tis the conditions and propositions
Will not be granted, then be not daunted,
We will our honest old customs enjoy;
Paul’s not rejected, will be respected,
And in the Quier voices rise higher,
Thanks to the heavens and [cry] Vive le Roy.
This tune is referred to under the various names of Love lies bleeeding, Law lies bleeding, The Cyclops, The Sword, and The power, or The dominion, of the Sword.
In The Loyal Garland, fifth edition, 1686, is “The Dominion of the Sword: A Song made in the Rebellion.” Commencing—
Burn all your studies, and throw away your reading,” &c.
It is also in Loyal Songs, i. 223, 1731 (there entitled “The power of the Sword”); in Merry Drollery complete, 1661 and 1670; in Pills to purge Melancholy, vi. 190; &c.
In the Bagford Collection, a song, “printed at the Hague, for S. Browne, 1659,” is named “Chips of the old Block; or Hercules cleansing the Augean Stable. To the tune of The Sword.” It commences—
And what chips from this treacherous block will come, you may conceive, sirs.”
Other copies of this will be found in King’s Pamphlets, vol. xvi.; in Rats rhymed to death, 1660; and in Loyal Songs, ii. 53.
“Love lies a bleeding; in imitation of Law lies a bleeding,” is contained in Merry Drollery complete, 1661 and 1670. There are also copies in ballad form in which the tune is entitled The Cyclops.
“A new Ignoramus: Being the second new song to the same old tune, Law lies a bleeding,” was printed by Charles Leigh in 1681, and included in Rome rhym’d to death, 8vo., 1683. It commences—
Sham plots are made as fast as pots are form’d by potters.”
This is included in 180 Loyal Songs, 1685 and 1694, with several other political songs to the same tune. Among them, another “Ignoramus,” beginning—
The tune of Love lies bleeding is contained in every edition of The Dancing Master, from and after 1686; in 180 Loyal Songs, 1685 and 1694; in Walsh’s Dancing Master; in Pills to purge Melancholy; &c.
