1.1.1.1. Verses on
our Excellent Constitution (1792)
I.
Come Britons unite, and in one common
cause,
Stand up in defence of King, Liberty,
Laws;
And rejoice that we've got such a good
Constitution,
And down with the barbarous French
Revolution.
II.
There's Marat, Egalite, and the famous Tom
Paine,
Had best stay where they are, and not
come here to reign:
Be staunch for your King and
your good Constitution,
And down with their
barbarous French Revolution.
III.
The French call us now a province of
France,
But we'll soon let 'em know we can learn
'em to dance.
Come, rejoice that we've got such
a good Constitution,
And down with the barbarous
French Revolution.
IV.
Tom Paine he would fain set us wrangling
together,
That his friends o'er the water may
seize us at pleasure;
Don't let him teaze us,
nor our good Constitution,
But down with the
barbarous French Revolution.
V.
We're taxed, he says, by our merciful
King,
But that's to ourselves, and nothing to
him.
May he gloriously reign, and our good
Constitution,
And down with the barbarous French
Revolution.
VI.
Our soldiers are honest, brave, loyal, and
true,
For the blood of their King their own they
would rue:
They'd stand firm in the cause of our
good Constitution,
And down with the barbarous
French Revolution.