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Mummers' Play from Kirtlingon[?] - 1815-1816
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South West Dorset Mummers' Play 1880

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Line	Mummers' Play from Kirtlingon[?] - 1815-1816	South West Dorset Mummers' Play 1880
1.	in comes i old father christmas welcome or welcome not	here comes i old father christmas welcome or welcome not
2.	i hope old father christmas will never be forgot	i hope old father christmas will never be forgot
3.	a room a room i do presume
4.	for me and my brave gallant boys all
5.	pray give me leave to act and rhyme	here comes i gallant room pray give me room to enter
6.	now this merry christmas time
7.	i ll show you some of the finest plays
8.	that ever were acted on saint mary andrews stage
9.	step in king george
10.	in comes i king george a man of courage bold	here comes i king george
11.	with my broad sword and shield i won ten thousand crowns in gold
12.	aye i fought the fiery dragon and brought him to the slaughter	i fought the dragon boldly and brought him to the slaughter
13.	and for this great victory i won the queen of england s daughter	but twas thus i gained the fairest maid of all the king of egypt s daughter
14.	bring any man to me i ll cut him and hue him as small as flies
15.	and send him to the cook s shop to make mince pies
16.	mince pies hot mince pies cold
17.	mince pies in the pot nine days old
18.	in comes i a turkish knight	here comes i that turkish knight
19.	from turkey land i came to fight	just come from that turkish land to fight
20.	i ll fight thee king george the man of courage bold	1. i pray king george do not make so bold 2. i ll fight thee king george 3. where is king george that champion bold
21.	if thy blood be hot i ll quickly draw it cold	1. if thy blood is hot i will soon make it cold 2. if his blood is hot i will soon have it cold
22.	thou saidst thou cut me and hue me as small as flies
23.	and send me to the cookshop to make mince pies
24.	over many fields as thou made me fly
25.	but now i am come with a mind to try	thee and i will a battle try
26.	to see which on the ground shall lie
27.	doctor doctor play thy part
28.	king george is wounded to the heart
29.	doctor doctor haste away
30.	see thou make no longer stay
31.	five pounds i d freely give if that noble doctor were but here
32.	in comes i little doctor brown
33.	the best little doctor in the town
34.	a doctor and a doctor good
35.	and with my hand i ll swage his blood
36.	my pills shall work him through and through
37.	to cure his body and stomach too
38.	where com st thou from
39.	from france from spain
40.	and from the greatest parts of christendom i came
41.	and what can st thou cure	1. what canst thou cure 2. what canst cure
42.	the hitch the stitch the ston the palsy and the gout	i can cure the itch the stitch the palsy and the gout
43.	the pains within and the pains without	all pains in and all pains out
44.	the molygrubs the polygrubs and those little rantantorius diseases
45.	let the wrinkles break
46.	or the palsy quacke
47.	take one of my pills and try them
48.	bring any old woman unto me that has been dead seven years
49.	in her coffin eight
50.	and buried nine
51.	if she s only got one hollow rum turn serum turn old jack tooth in the back of her head
52.	if she can only manage to crack one of my little pills
53.	i ll be bound in the bond of a thousand pounds to maintain her back to life again
54.	this is the case that was never before
55.	but now king george rise up and fight once more	if that soldier is alive let him rise and fight again
56.	if there any man can do more than me
57.	let him step in if his name is jack finny
58.	my name is not jack finny
59.	my name is mr finny i am a man of great fame
60.	and what canst thou do	1. what canst thou cure 2. what canst cure
61.	cure a magpie with the toothache
62.	and how canst do that
63.	by cutting off his head
64.	and throwing his body in a ditch
65.	barberous rascal
66.	no barbary at all but certain cure
67.	i can cure this man if he not dead
68.	so pray me honest friend rise up thine head
69.	in comes tom the tinker
70.	sold him for a winker
71.	the chimney corner was his place
72.	where he sat and dried his face
73.	till tom s hair brown
74.	here comes i who hant bin it
75.	with my great head and little wit
76.	my head so great my wit so small	my head is big my body is small
77.	i ll do my best to please you all	i ll endeavour my best to please you all
78.	here comes i old beelzebub
79.	on my shoulder i carries my club
80.	in my hand a drinking can
81.	don t you think me a jolly old man

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Mummers' Play from Kirtlingon[?] - 1815-1816
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South West Dorset Mummers' Play 1880