%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A Choice New SONG, call'd, / She=Land, and Robinocracy. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1711-1711 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/24/2014 33792

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T30615 1 To all Sorts of Tunes. UNKNOWN To all Sorts of Tunes. SHe-Land, the Praise of all the Earth / Surrounded by the Waves, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1048 A Choice New SONG, call'd, / She=Land, and Robinocracy. A Choice New SONG, called, / SheLand, and Robinocracy. 1711-1711

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1. SHe-Land, the Praise of all the Earth Surrounded by the Waves, Has Thriving Land upon the East, On South the Land of Slaves. 2. The West and North has Shelves and Rocks, And Islands near the Shore, The People Rich in Trading Stocks Of old, but now grown poor. 3. This Country once had Famous Laws, And Liberty did Boast; But now o'er-run by Cackling Daws, Their Property is lost. 4. Their Government of yore well pois'd, Secur'd the Folks from Thrall; But ROBINOCRACY, at last, Spoil'd and confounded all. 5. 'Tis fram'd of Knavish cunning Tricks, Hypocrisy and Fraud; The State loves Gaulish Politicks, The Church the Schemes of Laud. 6. Some call it boundless Monarchy, But Gunarchy's the Name: Or rather Lawless Anarchy, Of Governments the Shame. 7. Sometimes a King, sometimes a Queen, A Serving-man, or Maid; A Pimp, or Bawd do rule this Land Just as the Plot is laid. 8. For ROBINOCRACY consists In getting Pow'r and Gold, By any Method that one lists, Which for the time will hold. 9. One Day a Saint, the t'other Fiend Now true, and then a Knave; Boist'rous sometimes, at others kind, But all the Game to save. 10. Cameleon like it takes each Hue, Puts on all Shapes and Sizes, Brings ev'ry Month a Scheme that's new, But Constancy despises. 11. Religion a meer Stalking-Horse, Is in this Region made; 'Tis High, or Low, or None, that's worse, Just as the Priests are paid. 12. Those Venal Souls puff'd up with Pride Do claim a Pow'r Divine; The Laymens Backs to mount and ride, At which none must repine. 13. The Firsts and Tenths are not enough The Clergy's Paunch to fill, Two Thirds at least their Bags must stuff, Or else they take it ill.
14. The Church in Danger is, they cry, When Priests are not in Pow'r, The Laymens Souls in Hell to fry, And Substance to devour. 15. The Monarchys undone, they say, And Common-Wealth takes place, Unless the High-Priests bear the Sway, And guide the Royal Race. 16. Thus Bobdid teach the Fools to prate Till he had gain'd his Ends, Which was the Chief Posts of the State, And then he bilk'd his Friends. 17. They clamour'd loud he was Unjust, Swore he betray'd their Cause; And as he serv'd the Blackbirds first, So now he serv'd the Daws. 18. They lov'd to build on Steeples high, And 'bove the Clouds to soar, Control'd by none but Y---ks Magpy, Yet still they're plagu'd with more. 19. The Eaglet of a Roman Breed They hop'd for long ago, But a She-Vulture in his stead, Continues all their Wo. 20. By ROBINOCRACY, cry they, We're ruin'd and undone; The Blackbirds did the Dad betray, And Bob will cheat the Son. 21. He hugs the Sister O------rp, And fumbles her a-bed; Curse on the Lecher's Gunarchy, And on his S. S---a Trade. 22. We lash'd and damn'd the Rebel W---gs Until we pull'd 'em down, And now we're chous'd by T---y Prigs, Our Cause who dare not own. 23. Or rather would the Saddle keep Since they are got astride, We'll call the Chevalier o'er the Deep, And force the Rogues to hide. 24. Ox---d alone shall not bear Rule, And act the Part of Noll; We'll bait and hunt the Trait'rous Tool To M------rs great Hole. 25. The W---gs mean time do laugh and sneer, As they those Feuds discover, And hope the Clouds at last will clear, In Favour of H------ver. 26. Then Jacks and Tories both shall run To Rome, or else St. Germain, And in She-Land we shan't have one Of that base sort of Vermin.
Printed in the Year M.DCC.XI.