LIZZIE LIBERTY.
Reading edition
Tune—"Tibby Fowler i' the Glen."
By the Same.
Sung at a Meeting of Reformers at the Golden Lion Inn, Bigg Market, Newcastle, on the Liberation of Henry Hunt, Esq. in 1822.
There lives a nymph o'er yonder lea, And O she is a winsome hizzie! Her name is Lizzie Liberty, And monie wooers has sweet Lizzie: She sings and trips along the plain, Free as the wind glides o'er the water; O bonny Lizzie Liberty! Now a' the lads wad fain be at her. The Men o' France to her advance, And use all arts to gain her favour; And Spaniards bold, with hearts of gold, Vow, if she's to be had, they'll have her; And daft John Bull, that bleth'ring cull, About the nymph sets up his chatter; O bonnie Lizzie Liberty! Now a' the lads wad fain be at her. Braw Donald Scot steps forth, I wot, To win the smiles of this fair lady, And Irish Pat has promis'd that, To woo the nymph he'll aye be steady: Whole Patriot Bands, of foreign lands, Do fyke and fistle sair about her: O bonnie Lizzie Liberty! Nae happiness is felt without her.