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T33697 WHY should we boast / Of Arthur and his Knights, St. George he was for England, / St. Dennis was for France, / Sing, Honi soit qui Maily Pense. Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 289732 An Evcellent BALLAD of / St. GEORGE and the DRAGON. An Evcellent BALLAD of St. GEORGE and the DRAGON. An Excellent BALLAD of St. GEORGE and the DRAGON. 1750-1750

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WHY should we boast Of Arthur and his Knights, Knowing how many Men, Have performed Fights? Or why should we speak Of Sir Lancelot du Lake, Or Sir Tristrum du Leon, That fought for Ladies Sake? Read but old Stories, And there you shall see, How St. George, St. George. He made the Dragon flee. St. George he was for England, St. Dennis was for France, Sing, Honi soit qui Mally Pense. To speak of Monarchs, It were too long to tell, And likewise to the Romans, How far they did excel: [Ha]nnibal and Scipio, [I]n many a Field did fight;
Orlando Furioso, He was a valiant Knight, Romulus and Rhemus, Were those that Rome did build; But St. George, St. George, The Dagon he hath killd, St. George he was for England, etc. Jepthah and Gideon, They led their Men to fight, The Gibbionites and Ammonites, They put them all to Flight: Hercules his Labour, Was in the Vale of Bass, And Sampson slew a Thousand, With the Jaw-bone of an Ass. And when he was blind, Pulld the Temple ro the Ground; But St. George, St G[e]orge, The Dragon did confound. St. George he was for England, St. Dennis was for France, etc.
Valentine and Orson, They came of Pepins Blood; Alfred and Adricus, They were brave Knights and good: The four Sons of Ammon, That fought with Charlemain, Sir Hugh de Bourdeaux, And Godfrey de Bullogin; These were all French Knights, The Pagans to convert; But St. George, St. George, He pulld out the Dragons Heart, St. George he was for England, etc. King Henry the Fifth, He conquered all France, He quartered their Arms, His Honour to advance: He raisd their Walls, And pulld their Cities down, And he garnishd his Head With a double tripple Crown: He thumped the French, And after Home he came; But St George, St. George, He made the Dragon tame. St. George he was for England, etc. St. David you know Loved Leeks and toasted Cheese, And Jason was the Man Brought Home the Golden Fleece; And Patrick you know, He was St. Georges Boy; Seven Years he kept his Horse, Then stole him away: For which knavish Act A Slave he doth remain; But St. George, St. George. He hath the Dragon slain. St. George he was for England, etc. Tamerlane the Emperor, In Iron Cage did Crown, With all his bloody Flags Displayd before the Town: Scanderberg Magnanimous, Mahomets Bashaws did dread: Whose victorious Bones Were worn when he was dead: His Beglerbegs his Corn like dreads, George Castriot was he calld; But St. George, St. George, The Dragon he hath mauld. St. George he was for England, etc.
Ottoman the Tarter, He came of Persias Race; The great Mogul withs Chest, So full of Cloves and Mace: The Grecian Youth Bucephalous, He manfully did bestride: But these with their Worthies Nine, St. George did them betide. Gustavus Adolphus, Was Swedelands Warlike King; But St. George, St. George, He pulld forth the Dragons Sting, St. George he was for England, etc. Poldragon and Cadwallader, Of British Blood do boast; Tho John of Gaunt his Foes did daunt, St. George shall rule the Roast: Agamemnon and Clemedon, And Macedon did Feast, But compared to our Champion, They are but meer Cheats, Brave Malta Knights in Turkish Flights, Their brandishd Swords out-drew, But St. George met the Dragon, And run him through and through. St. George he was for England, etc. Bida the Amazon, Poetus overthrew, As fierce as either Vandal, Goth, Saracen or Jew: The potent Holofernes, As he lay in his Bed, In came his Wife Judith, And subtiley stole his Head: Brave Cyclops stout, with Jove he fough Tho he showerd down Thunder; But St. George killd the Dragon, And was not that a Wonder; St. George he was for England, etc. Mark Anthony, Ill warrant you, Playd Feats with Egypts Queen; Sir Elamore, that valiant Knight, The like was never seen. Grim Gorgons Might was know in Fight, Old Bevis most Men frighted; The Mermidons and Prester Johns, Why were not these Men knighted? Brave Spinola took in Breda, Nassau did it recover; But St. George, St. George, Turnd the Dragon over and over, St. George he was for England, etc.
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