For de good Talbot is made a lord,
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la—­
  And with brave lads is coming a-board: 
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.

  Who in all France have taken a sware,
   Lilli burlero, bullen a-la—­
  Dat dey will have no Protestant heir: 
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.

  Ara! but why does he stay behind? 
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la. 
  Ho! by my shoul ’tis a Protestant wind: 
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.

  But see de Tyrconnel is now come ashore. 
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la—­
  And we shall have commissions gillore: 
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.

  And he dat will not go to de mass,
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la—­
  Shall be turn out and look like an ass: 
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.

  Now, now de hereticks all go down,
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la. 
  By Chrish and Shaint Patrick, de nation’s our own: 
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.

  Dare was an old Prophecy found in a bog,
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la—­
  “Ireland shall be rul’d by an ass and a dog”: 
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.

  And now dis Prophecy is come to pass,
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la—­
  For Talbot’s de dog, and James is de ass: 
    Lilli burlero, bullen a-la.

  Chorus after each verse: 

    Lero lero, lilli burlero, lero lero, bullen a-la,
    Lero lero, lilli burlero, lero lero, bullen a-la.

Lilliburlero and Bullen a-la were said to have been words of distinction used among the Irish Papists in their massacre of the Protestants in 1641—­a massacre which gave renewed strength to the traditions which made the name of Bloody Mary so hated in England.

In 1789 George III halted opposite the “Dolphin” to receive the loyal greetings of the townspeople, and on August 3rd, 1833, the Princess Victoria, afterwards Queen, stayed there to change horses; the inn was also the leading rendezvous at the parliamentary elections when Honiton returned two members to Parliament.  In the eighteenth century the inn was often the temporary home of Sir William Yonge and Sir George Yonge, his equally famous son, and of Alderman Brass Crosby, Lord Mayor of London, each of whom was M.P. for Honiton.  The family of Yonge predominated, for whom Honiton appeared to have been a pocket borough, and a very expensive one to maintain, as Sir George Yonge, who was first returned in 1754, said in his old age that he inherited L80,000 from his father, that his wife brought him a similar amount, and Government also paid him L80,000, but Honiton had swallowed it all!  A rather numerous class of voters there were the Potwallers or Potwallopers, whose only qualification was that they had boiled their pots in the parish for six months.  Several attempts were made to resist their claim to vote, but they were unsuccessful, and the matter was only terminated by the Reform Bill of 1832; so possibly Sir George had to provide the inducement whereby the Potwallopers gave the family their support during the full term in which he served the free and independent electors of Honiton in Parliament.