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"When the King Enjoys His Own Again" (sometimes known as "The King Shall Enjoy His Own Again") is a Cavalier ballad written by Martin Parker during the English Civil War (first published in 1643). It was later adopted by Jacobites. According to the historian Dr. Bernard Capp, this song was perhaps the most popular song in mid-seventeenth century England.
Performed by the Druids.
Images:
"Prince Rupert and Staff" by Ernest Crofts.
"King Charles II on Humphrey Penderel's Mill Horse" by Isaac Fuller c.1660s. The painting depicts the then Prince of Wales escape after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
"King Charles I on the Way to His Execution" by Ernest Crofts.
The Proscribed Royalist, 1651 by John Everett Millais.
The painting depicts a young Puritan woman protecting a fleeing Royalist after the Battle of Worcester in 1651, the decisive defeat of Charles II by Oliver Cromwell. The Royalist is hiding in a hollow tree, a reference to a famous incident in which Charles himself hid in a tree to escape from his pursuers.
"When the King Enjoys His Own Again" (sometimes known as "The King Shall Enjoy His Own Again") is a Cavalier ballad written by Martin Parker during the English Civil War (first published in 1643). It was later adopted by Jacobites. According to the historian Dr. Bernard Capp, this song was perhaps the most popular song in mid-seventeenth century England.
Performed by the Druids.
Images:
"Prince Rupert and Staff" by Ernest Crofts.
"King Charles II on Humphrey Penderel's Mill Horse" by Isaac Fuller c.1660s. The painting depicts the then Prince of Wales escape after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
"King Charles I on the Way to His Execution" by Ernest Crofts.
The Proscribed Royalist, 1651 by John Everett Millais.
The painting depicts a young Puritan woman protecting a fleeing Royalist after the Battle of Worcester in 1651, the decisive defeat of Charles II by Oliver Cromwell. The Royalist is hiding in a hollow tree, a reference to a famous incident in which Charles himself hid in a tree to escape from his pursuers.
