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Parliament Soldiers

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The soldiers of General Monk, who restored Charles II. to the throne.

Ring a ding-ding; ring a ding-ding!

The Parliament soldiers are gone for the king.

Some they did laugh, and some they did cry

To see the Parliament soldiers go by.

[To fetch back the king.]”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Parisian
Parisian Wedding (The)
Parisienne (La)
Parisina
Parizade
Parkership
Parks
Parlance
Parlement (French)
Parliament
Parliament Soldiers
Parliament of Bats (The)
Parliament of Dunces
Parliamentarian (A)
Parlour (A)
Parlous
Parmenianists
Parmesan
Parnassos (Greek), Parnassus (Latin)
Parochial
Parody