Line |
Symondsbury Mummers' Play 1880 |
A New Dialogue Between a Husbandman and a Servant Man - Before 1838 |
1. |
here comes i father christmas welcome or welcome not |
|
2. |
i hope old father christmas will never be forgot |
|
3. |
although it is old father christmas he has but a short time to stay |
|
4. |
i am come to show you pleasure and pass the time away |
|
5. |
i have been far i have been near |
|
6. |
and now i am come to drink a pot of your christmas beer |
|
7. |
and if it s not your best |
|
8. |
i hope in heaven your soul will rest |
|
9. |
if it is a pot of your small |
|
10. |
we cannot show you no christmas at all |
|
11. |
walk in room again i say |
|
12. |
and pray good people clear the way |
|
13. |
walk in room |
|
14. |
god bless you all ladies and gentlemen |
|
15. |
it s christmas time and i am come again |
|
16. |
my name is room one sincere and true |
|
17. |
a merry christmas i wish to you |
|
18. |
king of egypt is for to display |
|
19. |
a noble champion without delay |
|
20. |
saint patrick too a charming irish youth |
|
21. |
he can fight or dance or love a girl with truth |
|
22. |
a noble doctor i do declare and his surprising tricks bring up the rear |
|
23. |
and let the egyptian king straightway appear |
|
24. |
here comes i anthony the egyptian king |
|
25. |
with whose mighty acts all round the globe doth ring |
|
26. |
no other champion but me excels |
|
27. |
except saint george my only son in law |
|
28. |
indeed that wondrous knight whom i so dearly love |
|
29. |
whose mortal deeds the world dost approve |
|
30. |
that hero whom no dragon could affright |
|
31. |
a whole troop of soldiers couldn t stand in sight |
|
32. |
walk in saint george his warlike to display |
|
33. |
and show great britain s enemies dismay |
|
34. |
walk in saint george |
|
35. |
here am i saint george an englishman so stout |
|
36. |
with those mighty warriors i long to have a bout |
|
37. |
no one could ever picture me the many i have slain |
|
38. |
i long to fight it s my delight the battle o er again |
|
39. |
come then you boasting champions |
|
40. |
and hear that in war i doth take pleasure |
|
41. |
i will fight you all both great and small |
|
42. |
and slay you at my leisure |
|
43. |
come haste away make no delay |
|
44. |
for i ll give you something you won t like |
|
45. |
and like a true born englishman |
|
46. |
i will fight you on my stumps |
|
47. |
and now the world i do defy |
|
48. |
to injure me before i die |
|
49. |
so now prepare for war for that is my delight |
|
50. |
my worthy friend how dost thou fare saint george |
|
51. |
answer my worthy knight |
|
52. |
i am glad to find thee here |
|
53. |
in many a fight that i have been in travelled far and near |
|
54. |
to find my worthy friend saint patrick that man i love so dear |
|
55. |
four bold warriors have promised me |
|
56. |
to meet me here this night to fight |
|
57. |
the challenge did i accept but they could not me affright |
|
58. |
i will always stand by that man that did me first enlarge |
|
59. |
i thank thee now in gratitude my worthy friend saint gearge |
|
60. |
thou dids t first deliver me out of this wretched den |
|
61. |
and now i have my liberty i thank thee once again |
|
62. |
i ll give saint george a thrashing i ll make him sick and sore |
|
63. |
and if i further am disposed i ll thrash a dozen more |
|
64. |
large words my worthy friend |
|
65. |
saint george is here |
|
66. |
and likewise saint patrick too |
|
67. |
and he doth scorn such men as you |
|
68. |
i am the match for thee |
|
69. |
therefore prepare yourself to fight with me |
|
70. |
or else i ll slay thee instantly |
|
71. |
come on my boy i ll die before |
|
72. |
i yield to thee or twenty more |
|
73. |
now one of saint george s foes is killed by me |
|
74. |
who fought the battle o er |
|
75. |
and now for the sake of good saint george |
|
76. |
i ll freely fight a hundred more |
|
77. |
no no my worthy friend |
|
78. |
saint george is here |
|
79. |
i ll fight the other three |
|
80. |
and after that with christmas beer |
|
81. |
so merry we will be |
|
82. |
no beer or brandy sir i want my courage for to rise |
|
83. |
i only want to meet saint george or take him by surprise |
|
84. |
but i am afraid he never will fight me |
|
85. |
i wish i could that villain see |
|
86. |
tremble thou tyrant for all thy sin that s past |
|
87. |
tremble to think that this night will be thy last |
|
88. |
thy conquering arms shall quickly by thee lay alone |
|
89. |
and send thee passing to eternal doom |
|
90. |
saint george will make thy armour ring |
|
91. |
saint george will soon despatch the gracious king |
|
92. |
i ll die before i yield to thee or twenty more |
|
93. |
he was no match for me he quickly fell |
|
94. |
but i am thy match and that my sword shall tell |
|
95. |
prepare thyself to die and bid thy friends farewell |
|
96. |
i long to fight such a brave man as thee |
|
97. |
for its a pleasure to fight so manfully |
|
98. |
rations so severe he never long to deceive |
|
99. |
so cruel for thy foes always killed |
|
100. |
oh what a sight of blood saint george has spilled |
|
101. |
i ll fight saint george the hero here |
|
102. |
before i sleep this night |
|
103. |
come on my boy i ll die before |
|
104. |
i yield to thee or twenty more |
|
105. |
saint george thou and i ll the battle try |
|
106. |
if thou dost conquer i will die |
|
107. |
where now is colonel spring he doth so long delay |
|
108. |
that hero of renown i long to show him play |
|
109. |
holloa behold me here am i |
|
110. |
i ll have thee now prepare |
|
111. |
and by this arm thou lt surely die |
|
112. |
i ll have thee this night beware |
|
113. |
so see what bloody works thou st made |
|
114. |
thou art a butcher sir by trade |
|
115. |
i ll kill as thou didst my brother |
|
116. |
for one good turn deserves another |
|
117. |
come give me leave i ll thee battle |
|
118. |
and quickly make thy bones to rattle |
|
119. |
come on my boy i ll die before |
|
120. |
i ll yield to thee or twenty more |
|
121. |
saint george so thee and i will the battle try |
|
122. |
stay thy hand saint george and slay no more |
|
123. |
for i feel for the wives and families of those men that you have slain |
|
124. |
so am i sorry |
|
125. |
i ll freely give any sum of money to a doctor to restore them again |
|
126. |
i have heard talk of a mill to grind old men young |
|
127. |
but i never heard of a doctor to bring dead men to life again |
|
128. |
there s an irish doctor a townsman of mine |
|
129. |
who lived next door to saint patrick he can perform wonders |
|
130. |
shall i call him saint george |
|
131. |
with all my heart |
|
132. |
please to walk in mr martin dennis |
|
133. |
its an ill wind that blows no good work for the doctor |
|
134. |
if you will set these men on their pins |
|
135. |
i ll give thee a hundred pound and here is the money |
|
136. |
so i will my worthy knight |
|
137. |
and then i shall not want for whiskey for one twelvemonth to come |
|
138. |
i am sure the first man i saw beheaded |
|
139. |
i put his head on the wrong way |
|
140. |
i put his mouth where his poll ought to be |
|
141. |
and he s exhibited in a wondering nature |
|
142. |
very good answer mr doctor |
|
143. |
tell me the rest of your miracles and raise those warriors |
|
144. |
i can cure love sick maidens |
|
145. |
jealous husbands |
|
146. |
squalling wives |
|
147. |
brandy drinking dames |
|
148. |
with one touch of my pepble liquid |
|
149. |
or one sly dose of my jerusalem balsam |
|
150. |
and that will make an old crippled dame dance the hornpipe |
|
151. |
or an old woman of seventy years of age conceive and bear a twin |
|
152. |
and now to convince you all of my exertions |
|
153. |
rise captain bluster gracious king |
|
154. |
general valentine and colonel spring |
|
155. |
rise and go to your father |
|
156. |
here comes i dame dorothy |
|
157. |
a handsome young woman good morning to ye |
|
158. |
i am rather fat but not very tall |
|
159. |
i ll do my best endeavour to please you all |
|
160. |
my husband he is to work and soon he will return |
|
161. |
and something for our supper bring |
|
162. |
and perhaps some wood to burn |
|
163. |
oh here he comes |
|
164. |
well jan |
|
165. |
oh dorothy |
|
166. |
what have you been doing all this long day jan |
|
167. |
i have been a hunting bet |
|
168. |
the devil a hunting is it |
|
169. |
is that the way to support a wife |
|
170. |
well what have you catched to day jan |
|
171. |
a fine jack hare and i intend to have him a fried for supper |
|
172. |
and here is some wood to dress him |
|
173. |
fried no jan i ll roast it nice |
|
174. |
i say i ll have it fried |
|
175. |
was there ever such a foolish dish |
|
176. |
no matter for that |
|
177. |
i ll have it a done |
|
178. |
and if you don t do as do bid |
|
179. |
i ll hit you in the head |
|
180. |
you may do as you like for all i do care |
|
181. |
i ll never fry a dry jack hare |
|
182. |
oh you won t wooll ee |
|
183. |
oh what have i done i have murdered my wife |
|
184. |
the joy of my heart and the pride of my life |
|
185. |
and out to the gaol i quickly shall be sent |
|
186. |
in a passion i did it and no malice meant |
|
187. |
is there a doctor that can restore |
|
188. |
fifty pounds i ll give him or twice fifty more |
|
189. |
oh i yes uncle jan there is a doctor just below |
|
190. |
and for god s sake let him just come in |
|
191. |
walk in doctor |
|
192. |
are you a doctor |
|
193. |
yes i am a doctor a doctor of good fame |
|
194. |
i have travelled through europe asia africa and america |
|
195. |
and by long practice and experience i have learned the best of cures |
|
196. |
for most disorders instant to the human body |
|
197. |
find nothing difficult in restoring a limb or mortification |
|
198. |
or an arm being cut off by a sword |
|
199. |
or a head being struck off by a cannon ball |
|
200. |
if application have not been delayed till it is too late |
|
201. |
you are the very man i plainly see |
|
202. |
that can restore my poor old wife to me |
|
203. |
pray tell me thy lowest fee |
|
204. |
a hundred guineas i ll have to restore thy wife |
|
205. |
tis no wonder that you could not bring the dead to life |
|
206. |
that s a large sum of money for a dead wife |
|
207. |
small sum of money to save a man from the gallows |
|
208. |
pray what big stick is that you have in your hand |
|
209. |
that is my hunting pole |
|
210. |
put aside your hunting pole and get some assistance to hclp up your wife |
|
211. |
fal dal lal fal dal lal my wife s alive |
|
212. |
well met my brother dear all on the highway
|
well met friend on the highway
|
213. |
sall and i were a walking along |
|
214. |
so i pray come tell to me |
|
215. |
what calling you might be
|
i pray now tell me what your calling be
|
216. |
i ll have you for some servant man
|
are you a servant man
|
217. |
i ll give thee many thanks
|
as for your diligence i give you many thanks
|
218. |
and i ll quit thee as soon as i can
|
i require no such thing at your hand
|
219. |
vain did i know where thee could do so or no
|
but something to me shew therefore that i may know
|
220. |
for to the pleasure of a servant man
|
1. the pleasure of a servant man
2. that s pleasure for a servant man
|
221. |
some servants of pleasure will pass time out of measure
|
a servant man has pleasure yea in every measure
|
222. |
with our hares and hounds |
|
223. |
they will make the hills and valleys sound |
|
224. |
that s a pleasure for some servant man
|
1. the pleasure of a servant man
2. that s pleasure for a servant man
|
225. |
my pleasure is more than for to see my oxen grow fat
|
my pleasure is more i know to see the corn grow
|
226. |
and see them prove well in their kind |
|
227. |
a good rick of hay and a good stack of corn to fill up my barn
|
and a good stack of hay by them stand
|
228. |
that s a pleasure of a good honest husbandman
|
is pleasure for a husbandman
|
229. |
next to church they will go with their livery fine and gay |
|
230. |
with their cocked up hat and gold lace all round
|
your coat with gold lace quite around
|
231. |
and their shirt so white as milk and stitched so fine as silk
|
your shirt as white as milk your stockings made of silk
|
232. |
that s a habit for a servant man
|
that s habit for a servant man
|
233. |
don t tell i about thee silks and garments that not fit to travel the bushes |
|
234. |
let i have on my old leather coat and in my purse a groat
|
give me a good great coat and in my purse a groat
|
235. |
and there that s a habit for a good old husbandman
|
that s all good for a husbandman
|
236. |
some servant men doth eat the very best of meat
|
kind sir then you may eat most delicate fine meat
|
237. |
a cock goose capon and swan
|
your pigs capon and your swan
|
238. |
after lords and ladies dine |
|
239. |
we ll drink strong beer ale and wine
|
your pasture meat so fine drink sugar in your wine
|
240. |
that s a diet for some servant man
|
1. tis diet for a servant man
2. that s diet for a servant man
|
241. |
don t tell i of the cock goose or capon nor swan |
|
242. |
let i have a good rusty piece of bacon |
|
243. |
pickled pork in the house |
|
244. |
and a hard crust of bread and cheese once now and then |
|
245. |
that s a diet for a good old honest husbandman |
|
246. |
so we need must confess that your calling is the best
|
kind sir i must confess in granting your request
|
247. |
and we win give you the uppermost hand
|
i d give you the uppermost hand
|
248. |
so no more we won t delay |
|
249. |
but we will pray both night and day
|
and pray for the grain of this land
|
250. |
god bless the honest husbandman
|
for to maintain the husbandman
|
251. |
amen |
|