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Robert Browning's "Cavalier Lyrics" are great for reading aloud
The Cavaliers were royalists or Supporters of King Charles I in the English Civil War.
The Cavaliers were royalists or Supporters of King Charles I in the English Civil War.
[[Robert Browning]] wrote three imaginative poems entitled "Cavalier Lyrics." They are: "Marching Along," "Give a Rouse," and "Boot and Saddle." He was writing two centuries after the event, and the poems are written in a spirit of fun, but he tried to capture what he thought was the spirit of the cavaliers. They are short, rhythmic, and well-suited for reading aloud... with feeling. "Marching Along" begins:
Kentish Sir Byng stood for his King,<br>
Bidding the crop-headed Parliament swing:<br>
And, pressing a troop unable to stoop<br>
And see the rogues flourish and honest folk droop,<br>
Marched them along, fifty-score strong,<br>
Great-hearted gentlemen, singing this song.
==External links==
*Robert Browning, [http://browning.classicauthors.net/DramaticLyrics/DramaticLyrics1.html Cavalier Tunes: Marching Along]
*Robert Browning, [http://browning.classicauthors.net/DramaticLyrics/DramaticLyrics2.html Cavalier Tunes: Give a Rouse]
*Robert Browning, [http://browning.classicauthors.net/DramaticLyrics/DramaticLyrics1.html Cavalier Tunes: Boot and Saddle]