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R8244 LIsten a while, and I'l tell you a Tale / Of a New Device of a Protestant Flayl, With a Thump, Thump, Thump, a Thump, / Thump, a Thump, Thump. Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 135922 The Protestant-FLAYL: / An Excellent New SONG. The Protestant-FLAYL: An Excellent New SONG. The Protestant-FLAIL: An Excellent New SONG. 1682-1682 A. Banks

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[1] LIsten a while, and Il tell you a Tale Of a New Device of a Protestant Flayl, With a Thump, Thump, Thump, a Thump, Thump, a Thump, Thump. This FLAYL it was made of the finest wood, Well lind with Lead, and notable good, For splitting of Bones, and shedding the Bloud Of all that withstood, With a Thump, Thump, etc. [2] This Flayl was invented to thrash the Brain, And leave behind not the weight of a grain, With a Thump, etc. At the handle-end there hung a Weight, That carried within unavoidable Fate, To take the Monarch a rap in the Pate, And govern the State, With a Thump, etc. [3] It took its Degree in Oxford-Town, And with the Carpenter went down, With a Thump, etc. If any durst his Might oppose, He had you close, in spight of your Nose, To carry on clever the Good Old Cause, And down with the Laws, With a Thump, etc. [4] With this they threatened to fore-stall The Church, and give the Bishops a Mawl With a Thump, etc. If King and Lords would not submit To the Joyners wit whiles the House did sit, If this in the right place did hit, The Cause it would split, With a Thump, etc. [5] Two handfuls of Death, with a Thong hung fast. By a Zealot who hangd himself at last, With a Thump, etc. With a moving head both stiff and stout, Found by the Protestant Joyner out, To have at the King & the Laws tother bout, And turn them both out, With a Thump, etc.
[6] Ivinsibly twoud deal his Blows, All to maintain the Good Old Cause, With a Thump, etc. Woud Liberty and Freedom bring To every thing except the King, At Monarchy it had a fling, And took its swing, With a Thump, etc. [7] This Flayl was made of the Newest Fashion, To heal the Breaches of the Nation, With a Thump, etc. If Faction any difference bred, Twoud split the Cause in the very Head, Till Monarchy reeld, and Loyalty bled, And were knockd in the Head, With a Thump, etc. [8] When any Strife was in the State, This Flayl woud end the whole Debate, With a Thump, etc. Gainst Arbitrary Power of State, And Popery which the Zealous hate, It woud give them such a Rap on the Pate, They must yield to their Fate, With a Thump, etc. [9] It had a thousand Vertues more, And had a Salve for every Sore, With a Thump, etc. With this they thought to have maintaind, The Loyal Tribe, and Royalists braind: But the Joyner was hangd, and the Flayl was Arraignd And the Conquest Regaind, With a Thump, etc. [10] May Tony and all our Enemies, Meet with no better fate then his, With a Thump, etc. May Charles still Live to rule the State, And York whom all Dissenters hate, To be revengd upon their Pate, By timely fate, With a Thump, Thump, Thump a Thump, Thump, a Thump, Thump.
LONDON: Printed for A. Banks, MDCLXXXII.