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The New Year Mummers' Tale of Galaschin - Forfarshire 1888
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Scremerston Guizards, Northumberland [before 1913]

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Line The New Year Mummers' Tale of Galaschin - Forfarshire 1888 Scremerston Guizards, Northumberland [before 1913]
1. good people all come round and listen to my song  
2. my name is sir alexander i won t detain you long  
3. there are but five of us sirs and merry boys are we  
4. and we are going a hunting some houses for to see  
5. some houses for to see sirs some pleasure for to have  
6. and what you freely give to us we freely shall receive  
7. the first young man that i call in he is a farmer s son  
8. he is afraid he ll lose his love because he is too young  
9. though i be too young sirs i ve money for to rove  
10. and i will freely spend it all before i lose my love  
11. the next young man that i call in he is a hero fine  
12. his cap is to the admiral and all his men are mine  
13. here come i the admiral the admiral stout and bold  
14. who fought the battle on the deck and gained three crowns of gold  
15. the next young man that i call in golaschin is his name  
16. the bravest knight in all the land of glory and of fame  
17. here come i golaschin  
18. golaschin of renown  
19. with sword and pistol by my side and hope to gain the crown with sword and pistol by my side i hope to win the game
20. the crown sir the crown sir is not into your power the game sir the game sir it s not within your power
21. i ll slay you and slash you in less than half an hour i ll strike you into inches within this half an hour
22. me head is made of fire sir my body is well steeled  
23. and with my bloody weapon i ll slay you on the field  
24. i ll do the best that i can do while i have power to stand  
25. while i have power to wield my sword i ll fight with heart and hand  
26. here are two champions going to fight that never fought before  
27. i m not going to separate them pray what could i do more  
28. fight on fight on my merry boys fight on fight on with speed fight on fight on ye gentlemen fight on fight on with speed fight on fight on yer warriors
29. i ll give any man a thousand pounds to lay golaschin dead and slay goliath dead
30. oh what is this oh what is this oh what is this you ve done  
31. you have slain golaschin and on the ground he s lain  
32. it was not me that did the deed quite innocent of the crime  
33. it was the fellow behind my back that drew his sword so fine  
34. oh you are the villain to lay the blame on me  
35. for my two eyes were shut sir when that young man did dee  
36. why could your eyes be shut sir when i was looking on  
37. when could your two eyes shut be when both the swords were drawn  
38. if i have slain golaschin  
39. golaschin i will cure  
40. and i will make him rise and sing in less than half an hour  
41. call for the doctor is there any doctor to be found  
42. yes here come i doctor brown here come i doctor brown
43. the best doctor in all the town the best doctor in the town
44. what makes you so good sir  
45. why for my travels  
46. and where have you travelled  
47. from hickerty pickerty hedgehog  
48. three times round the west indies and back to old scotland  
49. is that all sir  
50. no sir  
51. what more  
52. why i ve travelled from fireside to chairside from chairside to stoolside from stoolside to tableside from tableside to bedside from bedside to press side  
53. and got many a good lump of bread and butter from my mother  
54. and that s the way my belly s so big  
55. is that all sir  
56. yes sir  
57. what will you take to cure a dead man  
58. nine pounds and a bottle of wine  
59. i ll give you six  
60. six won t do  
61. i ll give you eight  
62. i wouldn t take it  
63. nine then and a bottle of wine  
64. put the smell of the bottle to his nose  
65. and make him rise and sing  
66. once i was dead sir and now i am alive once i was dead but now i m alive
67. blessed be the doctor that made me revive bless the kind doctor that made me alive
68. bless the master of this house the mistress good also  
69. and all the little children that round the table go and all the little children that round the table go
70. we ll all shake hands we ll never fight no more we ll all shake hands and never fight no more
71. with our pockets full of money and our barrels full of beer with your pockets full of money and your cellar full of beer
72. we ll all go a drinking around the spanish shore  
73. hooray for a happy new year we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year
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