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WHEN PRINCES AND PRELATES by ROBERT BURNS

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First Line: WHEN PRINCES AND PRELATES / AND HET-HEADED ZEALOTS
Last Line: AND LANG MAY THEY TAK A GUDE MOWE.
Subject(s): BRUNSWICK, CHARLES. DUKE (1735-1810); WAR;

When Princes and Prelates,
And hot-headed zealots,
A'Europe had set in a low, a low,
The poor man lies down,
Nor envies a crown,
And comforts himself as he dow, as he dow,
And comforts himself as he dow.

The black-headed eagle,
As keen as a beagle,
He hunted o'er height and o'er howe,
In the braes o' Gemappe,
He fell in a trap,
E'en let him come out as he dow, dow, dow,
E'en let him come out as he dow.

But truce with commotions,
And new-fangled notions,
A bumper, I trust you'll allow;
Here's George our good king,
And Charlotte his queen,
And lang may they ring as they dow, dow, dow,
And lang may they tak a gude mowe.



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