Lillibullero, the famous political ballad that 'sung James II out of three kingdoms.' A scurrilous attack on the Irish recruits, it is said to have been written by Lord Wharton in 1686, and the setting is ascribed to Henry Purcell.
Lillibullero
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 632
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