England's day of joy and Rejoicing, Or, Long looked for is come at last.  
Or the true manner of proclaiming CHARLES the Second King of England, etc. This Eighth day of this present May; to the ever honoured praise of General Monck, being for the good of his Country, and the Parliament.  
To the Tune of, Jockey.  

 
 

Cheer up your heart● kind Countrymen,  
〈…〉, for we have them,  
〈…〉 deed  
Be 〈…〉 ●●os●d,  
but 〈…〉, though you have had,  
〈…〉 need,  
For 〈…〉 Fox's once were chief,  
A●● often with you laid the Thief,  
But 〈…〉 he is come,  
And 〈…〉 all to the run,  
Though 〈◊〉 so long a time have sot,  
About this and that, and I know not what,  
Now General Monck hath done the thing,  
And proclaimed Charles our royal King.   

Then let us for his welfare pray,  
both night and day, as on the way,  
We pass along,  
That his Enemies may be trapand,  
that holds up hand, or gives command,  
To do him wrong,  
For there is two many now adays,  
That if they might but have their ways,  
Both King and Kingdom would destroy,  
So they themselves might it enjoy,  
But let all those now have a care,  
Lest they fall into the hangman's snare,  
For it is General Monck that has done the thing  
And proclaimed, etc.   

Now I will in brief declare,  
therefore be ware, and you shall hear,  
Before you go,  
Though he so longtime hath been crossed,  
and often tossed, like to a post,  
Both too and throw,  
Yet now to England he must come,  
For to redéem all those from doom,  
That hath been kept under command,  
And give them freedom in the land,  
And be sure he will know all those,  
Who are his friends, and who were his foes,  
Then let his friends all merrily sing,  
that Charles is proclaimed, etc.   

Though the Fox's father did destroy,  
with much annoy, that he might not enjoy,  
His own,  
Now let King Charles now have his right,  
both day and night, in the despite  
Of any one,  
For it would have angered any one,  
For to have been kept from their own  
So long as young Charles he hath been  
This seven long years durst not be seen,  
So was the Duke of York likewise▪  
But now the country people 〈◊〉  
It is General Monck has done 〈…〉  
and proclaimed Charles, etc.    

The second Part,  
To the same Tune.  
 
 

ANd now a Free Parliament doth sit,  
with honour great, all men complete,  
To settle peace now in the land,  
I pray to God they may prevail,  
with fervent zeal: and not to fall,  
What they have in hand,  
And for to settle right the laws,  
And to maintain the good old cause,  
As heretofore time hath been,  
In Elizabeth's days our maiden Queen,  
For we no good laws have had,  
This twenty years to make us glad,  
But now General Monck has done the thing  
And proclaimed Charles our royal King.   

Now all the Hanters and the Quakers,  
and the Shakers', and their Partakers,  
must go down,  
So must the Anabaptist too,  
unto their ●●o, no more must go  
Aspe●●…in● up and down,  
Though they 〈…〉 houses ●●rch,  
Yet now they must repair to the Church,  
No more private meetings they must have,  
Nor yet no speaker them to save,  
For they too long their wicked courses have run  
And many poor people hath almost undone,  
But now General Monck will have no such thing  
For he has proclaimed, etc.   

The Quakers had the land overrun,  
and it undone, if Monck had not come,  
their fury to suage,  
For when that Lambert he went forth,  
unto the North, than they were in wrath,  
and in great rage.  
The Ministers they would destroy,  
If that they would not them obey,  
And the Protestants they would have fooled,  
But Monck their courage hath quickly cooled,  
They raised Armies in the West,  
For to destroy both man and beast,  
But Monck an alteration did bring,  
And hath proclaimed, etc.   

Then let us all pray to God,  
with one accord, that his true word  
may with us remain,  
And it is a thing to be considered on,  
and thought upon, what Monk hath done,  
without destroying honest men:  
To carry all thing, so uprightly as he hath done,  
For the good of the Country since first he begun,  
Without any shedding or spilling of blood,  
Though he had many enemies that him withstood,  
Yet God was on his side, you may very well know  
That helped him to beat down the Protestants foes  
It is General Monck that has done this thing,  
And has proclaimed, & e.   

And now you Country men all,  
both great and small, unto you all,  
I send this song,  
Hoping your taxes shall be freed,  
which you have much need, and indeed  
Have paid it for so long,  
For if Lambert and Fleetwood, in their ways had gone,  
The poor protestants had been quite undone,  
Lambert was for the Baptist as I did hear,  
& Fleetwood for the Quakers as it doth appear,  
So they two would have agreed with high renown,  
That the poor Protestant should all had gone down  
But Monck an alteration did with him bring,  
And has proclaimed, etc.   

And now I wish that all those,  
who are his foes, or about goes,  
him to destroy,  
That they may be stricken blind or lame,  
unto their shame, that seeks his fame,  
for to annoy.  
For if brave General Monck had not stood our friend  
For of sorrow and woes, we should never had an end  
But decrit and delusions more and more,  
True loving friends they turned out of door,  
And now you kind Countrymen be not in haste.  
For though you have long looked for it, it is come at last,  
For General Monck has done the thing,  
And so God save Charles our royal King.    
The true manner of proclaiming Charles the second King of England, etc. by the too Houses of Parliament, Lords and Commons from Westminster, through all the streets of London, and accompanied by the Lord Mayor, and Aldermen, and Common-Counsel of the City of London, with all the City Trained-bands for their Guard, and many thousands of Citizens on Horseback.   

London, Printed for W. Gilbertson, at the sign of the Bible in Giltspur-street.