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R7167 1 Old Simon the King Old Simon the King Old Simon the King REbellion hath broken up House, / and hath left me old Lumber to sell; Says old Symon the King, / Says old Symon the King, / With his thread-bare Cloaths, and his mamsey Nose, / Sing hey ding, ding, a ding ding. Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1 A General Sale of Rebellious Houshold-stuff A General Sale of Rebellious Houshold-stuff To the Tune of Old Simon the King. A General Sale of Rebellious Household-stuff 1682-1682 Allen Banks

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[1] REbellion hath broken up House, And hath left me old Lumber to sell; Come hither and take your choice; I'le promise to use you well. Will you buy the old Speaker's Chair, Which was warm, and easie to sit-in, And often-times hath been made clean, When as it was fouler then fitting, Says old Symon the King, Says old Symon the King, With his thread-bare Cloaths, and his mamsey Nose, Sing hey ding, ding, a ding ding. [2] Will you buy any Bacon-flitches? They're the fattest that ever were spent; They're the sides of the Old Committees, Fed up with th' Long Parliament. Here's a pair of Bellows and Tongs, And for a small matter I'le sell 'em; They're made of the Presbyters Lungs, To blow up the Coals of Rebellion, Says old Symon the King, etc. [3] I had thought to have given them once To some Black-Smith for his Forge; But, now I have consider'd on't, They're Consecrated to th' Church; For I'le give them to some Choir, To make the Organs to rore, And the little Pipes squeek higher Than ever they did before, Says old Symon the King, etc. [4] Here's a couple of Stools for sale, The one square, and t' other is round; Betwixt them both the Tail Of the RUMP fell unto the ground. Will you buy the States Council-Table, Which was made of the good Wain-Scot; The frame was a tottering Babel, To uphold th' Independent-Plot? Says old Symon the King, etc. [5] Here's the Beesom of Reformation, Which should have made clean the Floor; But it swept the Wealth out of th' Nation, And left us Dirt good store. Will you buy the States Spinning-wheel, Which spun for the Ropers Trade? But better it had stood still, For now it has spun a fair Threed, Says old Symon the King, etc.
[6] Here's a very good Clyster-pipe, Which was made of a Butchers stump; And oft-times it hath been us'd To cure the Colds of the RUMP. Here's a lump of Pilgrim-Salve, Which once was a Justice of Peace, Who Nol and the Devil did serve; But now it is come to This, Says old Symon the King, etc. [7] Here's a Roll of States Tobacco, If any Good Fellow will take it: It's neither Virginia nor Spanish, But I'le tell you how they do make it; 'Tis Covenant mixt with Engagement, With an Abjuration-Oath; And many of them that did take it Complain it is foul in the mouth, Says old Symon the King, etc. [8] Yet the Ashes may happily serve To Cure the Scab of the Nation, When they have an Itch to serve A Rebellion by Innovation. A Lanthorn here is to be bought, The like was scarce e'r begotten, For many a Plot 't has found out, Before they ever were thought-on, Says old Symon the King, etc. [9] Will you buy the Rumps great Saddle, Which once did carry the Nation? And heres the Bitt and the Bridle, And Curb of Dissimulation. Here's the Breeches of the Rump, With a fair dissembling Cloak, And a Presbyterian Jump, With an Independent Smock, Says old Symon the King, etc. [10] Here's Olivers Brewing-Vessels, And here's his Dray and his Slings: Here's Hewsons Aul and his Bristles, With divers other odd things. And what doth the Price belong To all these matters before-ye? I'le sell them all for an Old Song, And so I do end my story, Says old Symon the King, Says old Symon the King, With his thread-bare Cloaths, and his mamsey Nose, Sing hey ding, ding, a ding ding.
LONDON: Printed for ALLEN BANKS. 1682.