| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Cavalier Tunes. II. Give a Rouse |
| | | Robert Browning (1812–89) |
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| KING CHARLES, and who ’ll do him right now? | |
| King Charles, and who ’s ripe for fight now? | |
| Give a rouse: here ’s, in hell’s despite now, | |
| King Charles! | |
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| Who gave me the goods that went since? | 5 |
| Who rais’d me the house that sank once? | |
| Who help’d me to gold I spent since? | |
| Who found me in wine you drank once? | |
(Chorus)
King Charles, and who ’ll do him right now? | |
| King Charles, and who ’s ripe for fight now? | 10 |
| Give a rouse: here ’s, in hell’s despite now, | |
| King Charles! | |
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| To whom us’d my boy George quaff else, | |
| By the old fool’s side that begot him? | |
| For whom did he cheer and laugh else, | 15 |
| While Noll’s damn’d troopers shot him? | |
(Chorus)
King Charles, and who ’ll do him right now? | |
| King Charles, and who ’s ripe for fight now? | |
| Give a rouse: here ’s, in hell’s despite now, | |
| King Charles! | 20 |
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