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A Christmas Play [Broughton, Lincs.] - Text A - 1824 |
Bassingham Childrens play Xmas 1823 |
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gentlemen and ladies |
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i m come to see you all |
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this merry time of christmas |
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i neither knock nor call |
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i come in so brisk and bold |
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with confidence i say |
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what can you expect of a fool |
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that knows no other way |
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a fool i know i am |
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and so do you |
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fools and little children |
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for most parts speaks true |
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my name is noble anthony |
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i m as live and as blyth and as mad |
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and as melancholy as that mantletree |
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make room for noble anthony |
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and all his jovial company |
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when i was a maid in blooming years |
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my pleasure was all in pride |
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my tatling tongue could never lie still |
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in service to abide |
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i thought it long all in my arms |
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a young man to embrace |
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but instead of a man i meet with a clown |
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is not that a sad pitiful case |
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a pitiful case indeed madam |
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hey ho wher s all this paltry poor |
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still paltry in this place |
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and yet not perfect for shame |
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step forth |
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peoples eyes look s dim |
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with a very red expectation |
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how now m e amorous george |
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still as live and as blyth and as mad |
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and as melancholy as that mantletree |
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what play have you got here today |
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play boy |
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yes play |
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i look upon the tittle of the spectimony once a year |
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you old scallibush |
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nothing but parch pennyworth |
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tuf coal callyely |
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old callymuf s |
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you rolling bolling bangling fool |
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stand out of my sight |
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zounds what a man have i got here |
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man you mistake in me |
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i m no talker i am a juggler |
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i can shew you the trick of the twelves |
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as many tricks as there are days in the year |
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toils and moils and motes in the sun |
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i have them all upon my finger end |
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jack in the loft quick and be gone |
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now man i l warrant the |
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hey now man i see thou can do something |
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hold thy hand |
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here s a shilling for thy labour |
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take to that poltry of the poor and throw unto them |
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say thou hast quite lost the title of this play |
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callyflaskin jest shall stenge our sight |
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and you shall hear a new delight |
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well meet fair lady in this place |
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the exercise that is in the |
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will over shade the fairest face |
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when beauty comes on high degree |
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since once to you i ve told my mind |
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i pray fair lady dont be unkind |
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it is your beauty makes me say |
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i shall go blind and loose my way |
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i will lead you sir |
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courteous knight how must this be |
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you will no answer take of me |
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you look so great i do declare |
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you come to me but in a jeer |
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a jeer dear love it is not so |
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i ll make it known before i go |
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before i go hence from this place |
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i will obtain your comely face |
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away away from me begone
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a way a way from me begone
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a witty man or i ll have none
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wit a man and i will have none
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aman for wit i am the best
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a man for wit i am the best
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that ever did to you express |
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i have such causes underhand |
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no man like i can understand |
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a lawyer i suppose you be
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a lawyer i supose you be
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you plead your cause so wittily
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you play your cause so wittlely
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but by and by i ll tell you plain
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but by and by i will tell you plain
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the cause you plead is all in vain
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you play your corse its all in vain
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my wit it never did me fail |
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if not for hopes it would prevail |
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if not for hopes my heart would burst |
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and in your love i put my trust |
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away away out of my sight |
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go talk along with yon fair knight |
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be she gone be she gone |
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farewell i care not |
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for if she s a pretty thing |
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i ve had my share on t |
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for if she has more land than i |
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by one half acre |
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i v plow d and sown in her ground |
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let the fool take her |
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i am my fathers eldest son and heir to all his lands
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i am my father eldestson the air of all his land
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and hope in a short time it will all fall in my hands
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i hope a short time it will all fall in my hand
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i was brought up at linsecourt all the days of my life
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i was brought up at lincecort all the days of my life
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i m walking with this lady fair i wish she were my wife
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thre stands a fair lady i wish she was my wife
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her fingers long with rings upon all made of pure gold
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with fingers long and rings upon made of the beaten gold
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good master and good mistress i d have you here behold
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good master and mistres i would have you to behold
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it is my clothing you admire
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it tis my clothing you admire
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its not my company you desire
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not my beauty you desire
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so farewell i ll bid adieu |
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step in kind sir here s room for you |
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here comes i the husbandman
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here comes the farming man
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upon my principal for to stand
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upon my princeable for to stand
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i m come to woo this lady fair
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i am come to woo this lady fair
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to gain her love thats all i care
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to gain her love is all my care
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to gain my love that never will do
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to gain my love it will not do
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you speak so clownish i to woo
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you speake too clownish for to woo
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i v cart i v plow i v husbandry |
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i gold and silver enough for the |
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i v something else will do the good |
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will nourish thy veins and warm thy blood |
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i ve something else for the beside |
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if thou l consent to be my bride |
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my fathers working at his loom |
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my mothers spinning hard at home |
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their dinners they v got |
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their suppers they want |
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so i pray you be gone and give me your room |
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here comes i the old ancient man
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here comes the poor old ancient man
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to speak for myself the best i can
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i speak for myself the best i can
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my old grey locks thy hang so low
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my old grey hairs they hang so low
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i ll speak for myself the best i know
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i must speak for myself the best i now
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cheer up old man and never fear
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looks old man and never fear
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wipe thy eyes and thou l see clear
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wipe thy eyes and thou will see clear
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hey hey me thinks me see the stars shine bright
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methinks me sees yon stars shine bright
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mee s come to y a my arts delight
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to you i fixt my harts delight
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why dost thou think i can fancy such an old man as thee
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do you think i should have such an old man as you
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no i ll have one of a higher degree
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no i would have one of high degree
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kick my ladie out of the room
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kick me lady out of doors
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i ll be hang d over our kitchen door
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for i will be hanged upon our kitchen door
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if ever i come to court y a any more
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if ever i come near you any more
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take your porridge face away |
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my porridge face is as handsome as y rs and ugly enough too |
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i comes jane with along neck d crane
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here comes old dame jane
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come dappling ore the meadow
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being dabbleing about the medows
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she s fib d before to shew you some sport
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jumping about to show such sport
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look about you old maids and widows
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look about you old maids and widows
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long time i v sought but now i v found
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long time i have sought you but now i have found you
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my joy and only asturd |
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but since you v said so and calld me your whore |
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sarrah come take your bastard
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sory come take your bastard
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bastard t is none of mine its not a bit like me
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bastard you bitch its non of mine it is not a bit like me
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i m a valiant knight just come from sea
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i am a valient man just come from sea
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you never heard talk of me before did ye
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you never seed me before now did you
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i kill d ten men with a mess of mustard
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i slew ten men with a mace mustord seed
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ten thousand with my bright sword
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and ten thousand men with an old crusht toad
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i have a sheep skin |
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to lap them in |
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look about you old maids and widows
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look about you old maids and widows
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had i been aman in this country known |
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and my valour had been shown |
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sound music sound i m just agoing row de dow |
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stop abit |
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i have abit of a song to sing to my lady before i go |
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i ll snite my eyes and clear my nose |
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and see what i can do before i go |
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my love my dear my dove my duck |
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one pleasant smile my heart will cheer |
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but if on me you cast one frown |
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i greatly fear it will knock me down |
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indeed kind sir since you say so |
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to banter me will never do |
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when i become a married wife |
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there after follows care and strife |
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alas sweetheart you are mis tain |
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for more than that i ll tell you plain |
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a maiden she must run and go |
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toil and moil through care and woe |
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whereas a married wife may sit and rest |
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pray tell me which lifes the best |
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indeed kind sir since you say so |
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along and along with you i ll go |
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i ll wed with none but only you |
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to all other gallants i ll bid adieu |
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adieu and adieu to all but you my dear |
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you may all behold and see |
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t is the fool that leads away the fair ladie |
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im come to invite you all to my wifes wedding and mine
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i am come to invite you all to my wifes weding
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and what you like best you may bring along with you
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1. what you like best you must bring on with you
2. so what you like the best you must bring on with you
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how the duce should i know what you all like
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how should i no what every body likes
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some likes fish some likes flesh
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some likes fish others likes flesh
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some likes kissing and some likes frummity |
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but as for my part i m a good deal the nature of my old grandmother |
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she talks short tongu d and i learnt to talk after her |
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but i ll tell you what m e ladie and i likes |
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and we will have it too |
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we will have a long taild porridge thickn d with barley meal
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w ll have long taild porrage a puding of barley meal
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we will have a good salt herring to relish a quart of ale
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w ll have a good salt hering and relish a quart of ale
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we will provide for the wedding as fast as ever we may |
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we will have a jovial wedding the fiddle shall merrily play
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1. we will have a jovel weding the fiddle shall merrily play
2. w ll have a jovel weding the fiddle shall merrily play
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hedge about boys and i ll knock down stakes |
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and i ll help to bind |
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so now our sport is ended you will hear our voices ring |
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i hope you r well contented so god save the king |
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we re not those lonnon actors |
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that hacks in lonnon court |
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we are the country plow lads |
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just com d from plow and cart |
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so i hope you r well contented |
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with what we have shown you here |
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i wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year
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so i wish you all your healths and a hapy new year
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and what you please to my box and a sup of your strong beer
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and we thank you for a christmas box and a mug of your strong beer
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god bless the master of this house and send him long to reign |
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a many merry christmas s |
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we wish to see him again |
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amongst our friends and neighbours |
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that live both far and near |
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we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year
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so i wish you all your healths and a hapy new year
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