The Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 · Chapter 62Phanatick Zeal, or a Looking-Glass for the Whigs
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From a Collection of 180 Loyal Songs. Tune, “A Swearing we will go.”
Who would not be a Tory When the loyal are call’d so: And a Whig now is known To be the nation’s foe? So a Tory I will be, will be, And a Tory I will be.
With little band precise, Hair Presbyterian cut, Whig turns up hands and eyes Though smoking hot from slut. So a Tory I will be, etc.
Black cap turn’d up with white, With wolfish neck and face, And mouth with nonsense stuft, Speaks Whig a man of grace, And a Tory I will be, etc.
The sisters go to meetings To meet their gallants there; And oft mistake for my Lord, And snivel out my dear. And a Tory I will be, etc.
Example, we do own, Than precept better is; For Creswell she was safe, When she lived a private Miss. And a Tory I will be, etc.
The Whigs, though ne’er so proud, Sometimes have been as low, For there are some of note Have long a raree-show. And a Tory I will be, etc.
These mushrooms now have got Their champion turn-coat hick; But if the naked truth were known They’re assisted by old Nick. And a Tory I will be, etc.
To be and to be not At once is in their power; For when they’re in, they’re guilty, But clear when out o’ the tower. And a Tory I will be, etc.
To carry their designs, Though ’t contradicts their sense; They’re clear a Whiggish traytor Against clear evidence. And a Tory I will be, etc.
The old proverb doth us tell, Each dog will have his day; And Whig has had his too, For which he’ll soundly pay; And a Tory I will be, etc.
For bodkins and for thimbles Now let your tubsters cant; Their confounded tired cause Had never yet more want. So a Tory I will be, etc.
For ignoramus Toney Has left you in the lurch; And you have spent your money, So, faith, e’en come to Church; For a Tory I will be, etc.
They are of no religion, Be it spoken to their glories, For St Peter and St Paul With them both are Tories; And a Tory I will be, etc.
They’re excellent contrivers, I wonder what they’re not, For something they can make Of nothing and a plot. And a Tory I will be, etc.
But now your holy cheat Is known throughout the nation; And a Whig is known to be A thing quite out of fashion. And a Tory I will be, etc.