A Tippling Ballad by Robert Burns
Princes, prelates an zealots set Europe in a lowe, while a puir man taks comfort withoot envyin a croun. An eagle is pictured caught in a trap at Gemappe; the sang then sets commotions aside, asks for a bumper an toasts George an Charlotte.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Ballad, Political Poetry · 232 words
First lines
On the Duke of Brunswick's Breaking up his Camp, and the defeat of the Austrians, by Dumourier, November 1792.
When Princes and Prelates, / And hot-headed zealots, / A'Europe had set in a low, a low, / The poor man lies down, / Nor envies a crown, / And comforts himself as he dow, as he dow, / And comforts himself as he dow.
The black-headed eagle, / As keen as a beagle, / He hunted o'er height and o'er howe, / In the braes o' Gemappe, / He fell in a trap, / E'en let him come out as he dow, dow, dow, / E'en let him come out as he dow.
Genres
- Ballad — The rhymed stanzas hae repeated endings, carryin the sang frae Europe's strife tae a royal toast.
- Political Poetry — The verses bring princes, prelates an war intae a puir man's view, then toast the king an queen.
Tags
drink · war · kings an queens · toasts · ballad
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Genres: Ballad, Political Poetry
- Length: 232 words
- Structure: 1 section, 5 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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