Chronicles and Characters By Robert Lytton (Owen Meredith): In Two Volumes |
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PICAROONS.
1593.
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Who gallops by night, when the owl is about?O who, fellows, who but the bold Picaroon?
Short shrift for the lord, and a rope for the lout,
And 'tis merry to ride by the light of the moon,
With hey, fellows, hey!
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The Provost of Flanders look'd woeful to see(With hey, fellows, hey for the bold Picaroon!)
Black Jack, his own knave, in the hollow oak tree
Roasting alive by the light of the moon,
With hey, fellows, hey!
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Be it Dutchman or Spaniard, all fowl is fair game:Belted Flanders Militiaman: Brabant Dragoon:
Where's the jack knave o' them fears not the name
O' the roaming night-rider, the bold Picaroon?
And hey, fellows, hey!
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