Ara! but why does he stay behind?
Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.
Ho! by my shoul 'tis a Protestant wind:
Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.
But see de Tyrconnel is now come ashore.
Lilli burlero, bullen a-la--
And we shall have commissions gillore:
Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.
And he dat will not go to de mass,
Lilli burlero, bullen a-la--
Shall be turn out and look like an ass:
Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.
Now, now de hereticks all go down,
Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.
By Chrish and Shaint Patrick, de nation's our own:
Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.
Dare was an old Prophecy found in a bog,
Lilli burlero, bullen a-la--
"Ireland shall be rul'd by an ass and a dog":
Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.
And now dis Prophecy is come to pass,
Lilli burlero, bullen a-la--
For Talbot's de dog, and James is de ass:
Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.
_Chorus after each verse_:
Lero lero, lilli burlero, lero lero, bullen a-la,
Lero lero, lilli burlero, lero lero, bullen a-la.
Lilliburlero and Bullen a-la were said to have been words of distinction
used among the Irish Papists in their massacre of the Protestants in
1641--a massacre which gave renewed strength to the traditions which
made the name of Bloody Mary so hated in England.
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