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T55949 1 There was a Fair Maid in the North-Country, / Came Triping over the Plain, &c. Ye Commons and Peers There Was a Fair Maid in the North Country, / Came Tripping Over the Plain, etc. YE Commons and Peers, / Pray lend me your Ears, British Library - Bagford Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 2: 99 2: 100 Jack French-Man's DEFEAT: / Being an Excellent New SONG, Jack French-Man's DEFEAT: Being an Excellent New SONG, ?-? Benjamin Bragg

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1. YE Commons and Peers, Pray lend me your Ears, I'll Sing you a Song if I can; How Louis le Grand Was put to a Stand, By the Arms of our Gracious Queen Anne.
2. How his Army so great Had a total Defeat, Not far from the River of Dender; Where his Grand-Children twain For fear of being Slain, Gallop'd off with the Popish Pretender. To
3. To a Steeple on High The Battel to Spy, Up Mounted these clever Young Men; And when from the Spire They saw so much Fire They cleverly came down again. 4. Then a Horse-Back they got All upon the same Spot, By advice of their Cousin Vendome; O Lord! Cry'd out He Unto Young Burgundy, Wou'd your Brother and you were at Home. 5. Just so did he say, When without more delay Away the Young Gentry Fled; Whose Heels for that Work Were much lighter than Cork, But their Hearts were more heavy than Lead. 6. Not so did Behave The Young Hannover Brave In this Bloody Field I assure you; When his War Horse was shot Yet He matter'd it not, But Charg'd still on Foot like a Fury. 7. While Death flew about Aloud He called out Hoh! You Chevalier of St. George If you'll neither stand, By Sea nor by Land Pretender, that Title you Forge. 8. Thus Boldly he stood As became that High Blood, Which runs in his Veins so Blue; This Gallant Young Man Being Kin to Queen Anne, Fought, as were she a Man, she wou'd do.
9. What a Racket was here, (I think 'twas last Year) For a little ill Fortune in Spain; When by letting 'em Win, We have drawn the Puts in To Loose all they are Worth this Cam-paign. 10. Tho' Bruges and Ghent To the Mounsier we Lent, With Interest he soon shall Re-pay 'em; While Paris may Sing With her Sorrowful King De Profundis, instead of Te Deum. 11. From their Dream of Success, They'll awaken we Guess At the Sound of Great Marlboroughs Drums; They may think if they will Of Almanza still, But 'tis Blenheim where'ver he comes. 12. O Louis Perplex'd, Vhat General's next? Thou hast hitherto chang'd 'em in Vain: He has Beat 'em all round, If no New ones are found, He shall Beat the Old over again. 13. We'll let Tallard out If he'll take t'other Bout; And much he's Improv'd let me tell ye With Nottingham Ale, At every Meal, And good Pudding and Beef in his Belly. 14. As Loosers at Play Their Dice throw away, While the Winner he still Wins on: Let who will Command Thou hadst better Disband, For Old Bully thy Doctors are gon.
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