The Freebooter's Prayer (Scotland, 1405). Upton Sinclair, ed. 1915. The Cry for Justice

Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.

The Freebooter’s Prayer
(Scotland, 1405)

Anonymous


THOU That willed us naked-born,
Send us meat against the morn—
Got with right or got with wrong
So we fast not overlong.
Prosper “Snaffle, Spur and Spear!”	5
Grant us booty, horse and gear;
Save our necks from hempen thrall,
Bless the souls of them that fall.