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2.310 R173281 1 Let Caesar Live Long Let Caesar Live Long Let Caesar Live Long THe French and the Tories are all in Distress, / While Gracious K. William is Crown'd with success, Thus Protestant Soldiers still carry the day. {with variations} date from content; Siege of Lononderry (1689); Capture of Carrickfergus (1689); William III arrives in London (1690); Battle of the Boyne (1690) Pepys 2.310 Rollins (1) V:219-221; Wing B455[A] Pepys Library The Pepys ballads : facsimile volume Editor W.G. Day D.S. Brewer Cambridge [England] 1987 Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 310 A Brief/ Touch of the Irish Wars:/ From the Siege of London-Derry to the Surrender of Drogheda, Dublin, Waterford, and ma-/ ny other strong Forts and Castles. A Brief Touch of the Irish Wars: From the Siege of London-Derry to the Surrender of Drogheda, Dublin, Waterford, and ma- ny other strong Forts and Castles. Written by a Private Centinel, who was an Eye Witness to those Transactions. A Brief Touch of the Irish Wars: from the Siege of London-Derry to the Surrender of Drogheda, Dublin, Waterford, and Many Other Strong Forts and Castles. 1/2 sheet oblong folio, 188 x 295 cropped right edge, creased surface, uneven inking horizontal and vertical rules 1690 Printed for P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, and J. Back P. Brooksby, J. Deacon, J. Blare, J. Back Weinstein

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THe French and the Tories are all in Distress, While Gracious K. William is Crown'd with success, He first having routed them all in the field, The Cities and Castles were forced to yield, For fear that the Walls to the ground we should lay, Thus Protestant Soldiers still carry the day. Last Summer the Rebells could swagger and boast, That came with the strength of a Catholick Host, Against London-Derry with Fire and Ball, And threatn'd the final Destruction of all: Yet this Valiant City did show them fair Play; Thus Protestant Soldiers still carry the day.
When under those Walls many Months they had lain, Where French-men and Rebels in hundreds were slain; At length they were forced their Siege to give o'er, As soon as fresh Forces approached the Shore: The French and the Tories they all ran away; Thus Protestant Soldiers shall carry the day. As soon as our Forces were landed, brave Boys, I[t] daunted the French, and the Irish Dear-Joys; Thus brave Carrickfergus we soon did obtain, The Cause of King William he vow'd to maintain, Against that fair Castle our Cannons did play, 'Till Protestant Soldiers had carried the day.
At length the wet Winter began to draw near, That we in the Field could no longer appear, But waited the happy return of the Spring, When gracious King William fresh forces did bring; And still as he Marched, his Foes ran away; Thus Protestant Soldiers still carry the day. Our Drums beat a March, and the Trumpets did sound This Noise did our Enemies clearly confound, The Rebells still crying, By Chreest we're undone, King William is coming, Ah! where shall I run? In horrid Confusion they scamper away; Thus Protestant Soldiers still carry the day. At the River Boyne they would then tack about, In order to shew themselves valiant and stout; The French Horse and Foot, and the Tories likewise; But true English Courage did soon them surprize: For like Men Undaunted we entred the Fray; Thus Protestant Soldiers still carry the day. Through Fire and Water our March we did make, His Courage did cause the poor Tories to quake; They seeing we feared no danger at all, But march'd in Contempt of their Powder and Ball, At length we fell on and the Rebels gave way; Thus Protestant Soldiers they carry the day. Thus having received a taste of their Doom, There is but few Cities or Forts will presume To hold out, against a Great Monarch of Fame, Whose Triumph and Glory the World will proclaim, They know if they do, the loud Cannons shall play; For Protestant Soldiers still carry the day. We hope in short time the whole Kingdom to clear, And make the proud French wish they'd never came here; Their Glory and Honour is laid in the Dust, In vain the poor Tories in Lewis did trust: They're glad for to scowre and scamper away; The Protestant Soldiers still carry the day.
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