The Poetry Corner

Cavalier Tunes - II - Give A Rouse

By Robert Browning

I. King Charles, and wholl do him right now? King Charles, and whos ripe for fight now? Give a rouse: heres, in hells despite now, King Charles! II. Who gave me the goods that went since? Who raised me the house that sank once? Who helped me to gold I spent since? Who found me in wine you drank once? (Chorus.) King Charles, and wholl do him right now? King Charles, and whos ripe for fight now? Give a rouse: heres, in hells despite now, King Charles! III. To whom used my boy George quaff else, By the old fools side that begot him? For whom did he cheer and laugh else, While Nolls damned troopers shot him? (Chorus.) King Charles, and wholl do him right now? King Charles, and whos ripe for fight now? Give a rouse: heres, in hells despite now, King Charles!