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No 13 ORMOND THE BRAVE

C.J.S.

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I am Ormond the brave, did ye never hear of me?

Who lately was driven from my own country.

They tried me, condemned me, they plundered my estate,

For being so loyal to Queen Anne the Great,

Crying, O! I am Ormond, you know.

O to vict'ry I led, and I vanquished every foe,

Some do call me James Butler, I'm Ormond, you know,

I am Queen Anne's darling, and old England's delight,

A friend to the Church, in Fanatic's despite,

Crying, O! I am Ormond, you know.

Then awake Devon dogs, and arise you Cornish cats,

And follow me a chasing the Hanoverian rats,

They shall fly from the country, we'll guard the British throne,

Have no German electors with a king, sirs, of our own.

Crying, O! I am Ormond, you know.

O I wronged not my country as Scottish peers do,

Nor my soldiers defrauded, of that which is their due.

All such deeds I do abhor, by the powers that are above,

I've bequeath'd all my fortune to the country I love.

Crying, O! I am Ormond, you know.