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J.White's Alexander Chapbook - 1746-1769 |
Penkridge Christmas Play, 1899 |
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silence brave gentlemen if you will give an eye
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silence brave gentlemen if you will give an eye
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alexander is my name i ll sing the tragedy
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alexandria is my name and i will show you tragedy
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a ramble here i took the country for to see
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by rambling near i have took this country for to see
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three actors hear i ve brought so far from italy
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and these actors i have brought so far from here to italy
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the first i do present he is a noble king
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the next i do present there is a noble king
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he s just come from the wars good tidings he doth bring
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just come from the wars glad tidings he does bring
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the next that doth come in he is a doctor good
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1. the next i do present there is a doctor good
2. hot tot tot here comes a little doctor good and hero
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had it not been for him i d surely lost my blood
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if it hadn t been for him i should have lost my blood
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old dives is the next a miser you may see
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old divious is the next a miser as you see
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who by lending of his gold is come to poverty
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by the landing of his gold is come to poverty
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so gentlemen you see four actors will go round |
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stand of a little while more pastime shall be found |
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room room brave gallants give us room to sport |
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for in this room we have a mind to resort |
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resort and to repeat to you our merry rhyme |
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for remember good sirs this is christmas time |
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the time to cut up goose pies now does appear |
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so we are come to act our merry mirth here |
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at the sounding of the trumpet and beating of the drum
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by the sounding of the trumpets and the beating of the drum
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make room brave gentlemen and let our actors come
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make room you ladies and gentlemen and let our actors come
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we are the merry actors that traverses the street
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we are the merry actors that travel through the street
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we are the merry actors that fight for our meat
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we are the merry actors that fight for our meat
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we are the merry actors that shew the pleasent play
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we are the merry actors that show prison gale
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step in thou king of egypt and clear the way
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step in the king of egypt and clear the way
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i am the king of egypt as plainly does appear
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i am the king of egypt that plainly does appear
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and prince george he is my only son and heir
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prince george is my only son and heir
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step in therefore my son and act they part with me
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therefore step in my son and act thy part with me
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and shew forth thy praise before the company
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and show thy face to all the company
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i am prince george a champion brave and bold
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i am prince george the champion brave and bold
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for with my spear i ve won three crowns of gold
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and with my sword i won three crowns of gold
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twas i that brought the dragon to the slaughter
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it was i that brought the dragon down to the slaughter
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and i that gain d the egyptian monarch s daughter
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it was i that gained the egyptian monarch s daughter
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in egypt s fields i prisoner long was kept
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in egypt s field i was taken
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but by my valour i from them soon scap d
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and by my valour i soon from them escaped
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i sounded at the gate of a divine
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i ll sign the gate the hour of eye
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and out came a giant of no good design
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i went and joined no good design
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he gave me a blow which almost struck me dead
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he gave me a blow that almost struck me dead
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but i up with my sword and did cut off his head
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i up with my sword and cut off his head
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hold slacker hold pray do not be so hot
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hold slack prince george don t thou be so hot
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for on this spot thou knowest not who thou s got
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for in this place i know what thou st got
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tis i that s to hash thee and smash thee as small as flies
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for it s i that can either slash thee or hash thee or cut thee as small as flies
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and send thee to satan to make minch pies
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or send it to satan to make mince pies
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minch pies hot minch pies cold
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mince pies hot or mince pies cold
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i ll send thee to satan e re thou be three days old
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i ll send it to satan before thou rt three days old
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but hold prince george before thou go away
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so prince george before thou goest away
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either thou or i must die this bloody day
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either you or i shall die this very day
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some mortal wound thou shalt receive by me
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so mortal wounds thou shalt receive by me
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so let is fight it out most man fully
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1. so let us fight out manfully
2. so let s fight out so manfully
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curs d christian what is this thou hast done |
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thou hast ruin d me by killing my best son |
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he gave me challenge why should i him deny |
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how high he was but see how low he lies |
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o sambo sambo help me now |
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for i never was in more need |
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for thou to stand with sword in hand |
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and to fight at my command |
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yes my liege i will thee obey |
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and by my sword i hope to win the day |
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yonder stands he who has kill d my master s son |
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i ll try if he be sprung from royal blood |
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and through his body make an ocean flood |
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gentlemen you see my sword point is broke |
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or else i d run it down that villain throat |
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is there never a doctor to be found |
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that can cure my son of his deadly wound |
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yeas there is a doctor to be found |
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that can cure your son of this deadly wound |
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what diseases can he cure
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what diseases canst thou cure
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all diseases both within and without
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all diseases both in and out
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especially the itch pox palsy and the gout
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the hips and the pips the palsy and the gout
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come in you ugly nasty dirty whore |
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whose age is threescore years or more |
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whose nose and face stands all awry |
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i ll make her very fitting to pass by |
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i ll give a coward a heart if he be willing |
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will make him stand without fear of killing |
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and any man that s got a scolding spoose |
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that wearies him with living in his house |
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i ll ease him of his complaint and make her civil |
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or else i ll send her headlong to the devil |
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ribs legs or armes when any s broken i m sure |
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i presently of them will make a cure |
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if you should break your neck i ll cure t a gain |
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so hear s a doctor rare who travels much at home
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i have travelled far from home
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here take my pills i cure all ills past present and to come |
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i in my time many thousands have directed |
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and likewise have as many more dissected |
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to cure the love sick maids like me there s none |
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for with two of my pills the job i ve done |
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i take her home and rubs her o er and o er |
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then if she dies ne er believe me more |
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to cure your son good sir i do fear not |
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with this small bottle which by me i ve got |
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the balsam is the best which it contains |
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rise up my good prince george and tumble down a gain |
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o horrible terrible the like was never seen
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oh horrible terrible such life was never seen before
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a man drove out of seven sences into fifteen
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and a man drove out of seven senses into fifteen
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and out of fifteen into fourscore
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oh out of fifteen into fourscore
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o horrible terrible the like was ne er before
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oh horrible terrible such life was never seen before
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thou silly ass that lives by grass dost thou abuse a stranger
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oh thou silly ass that lives by grass how dost thou salute a stranger
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i live in hopes to buy new ropes and tie thy to the manger
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i live in hopes to buy new ropes to tie thy nose to the manger
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sir unto you i bend
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sir unto thee i bend stand off thy slave
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stand of thou slave i think the not my friend
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i think thou art not my friend
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a slave sir that is for me by far too base a name
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oh slave kind sir that word is too far to be in the name
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that word deserves to stab thy honour s fame
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that word is to stop my honour in vain
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to be stab d sir is the least of all my care
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stop kind sir with all thy fear
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appoint your time and place i ll meet you there
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point out the time and place and i ll meet you there
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i ll cross the water at the hour of five
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i ll cross the water the hour of five
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i ll meat you there sir if i be a live
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i ll meet you there if i am alive
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but stop sir i d wish you to a wafe both lnsty and young |
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she can talk both duch french and the italian tongue |
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i ll have none such |
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why dont you love your learning |
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yes i love my learning as i do my life |
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i love a learned scholar but not a learned wife |
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stand off had i as many hussians schusians chairs and stools |
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as you have had sweet hearts boys girls and fools |
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i love a woman and a woman loves me |
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and when i want a fool i ll send for thee |
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sir to express thy beauty i am no able
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sure to express thy beauty thou art not able
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for thy face shines like the very kitchen table
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thy face shines like the very kitchen table
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thy teeth are no whiter than the charcoal
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thy teeth are no white than charcoal
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and thy breath stinks like the devil s a se h le
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thy breath stinks like the salt sea
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stand off thou dirty dog for by my sword thou s die |
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i ll make thy body full of holes and cause thy buttons flie |
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oh what is here oh what is to be done
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oh what is here oh what is here oh what is to be done
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our king is slain the crown is likewise gone
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our king is slain and his crown is likewise to be won
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take up the body bear it hence away
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therefore take up his body and bear it hence away
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for in this place no longer shall it stay
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for in this place he shall no longer stay
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bounser buckler velvet s dear
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bouncing butler velvet here
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and christmas comes but once a year
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christmas comes but once a year
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thought when it comes it brings good chear |
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but farewell christmas once a year
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so farewell christmas once a year
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farewell farewel adieu frindship and unity |
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i hope we have made sport and pleas d the company
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if the worst can please the company
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but gentlemen you see we re but young actors four
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ladies and gentlemen you see our actors are but poor
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we ve done the best we can and the best can do no more
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the best can do no more
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