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Ampleforth Play - 1898 |
The Peace Egg : A Christmas Mumming Play - 1884 |
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make room make room for these jovial lads |
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that are a wooing hound |
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for i can handle a sword |
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with any man in town |
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last night i went to see |
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miss madam molly |
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she was so fair and comely |
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and not adorned with pride |
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i am so deep in love with her |
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till i dont know how to bide |
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tonight i went in to see miss susannah parkin |
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she was so fine and gay |
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but the dogs made such a barking |
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i forgot all i had to say |
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so i pray the honest christian |
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what next must i say to her |
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thou must give her gallant speeches |
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and honestly must woo her |
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aye man her mother likes me well |
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she has forty thousand pound of her own |
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and she ll give it all to myself |
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i ll stand a friend right jarvey |
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i ll stand thee friend my lad |
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i ll stand thee friend right jarvey |
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see thee my heart s full glad |
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and many a better thing she ll give us when we get wed |
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come thee ways i ll a want thee we ll get her |
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madam behold a lover |
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you shall quickly see my son |
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long time have i been waiting |
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expecting ben would come |
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ben s grown a smart young fellow |
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and his face i long to see |
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here s one that doth me follow |
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and perhaps it may be he |
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o ben how dost thou do my lad |
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thou st welcome from the seas |
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thank you father how do you do |
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i am very well at ease |
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o ben let me kiss thee |
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for with joy i am fit to cry |
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o father i d rather kiss |
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that lady standing by |
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o ben come shew thy breeding |
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give to her a gentle touch |
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she s got such a face to feed upon |
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the seas could afford none such |
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she s a sweet and modest creature |
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and she s of a noble fame |
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she s a sweet and modest creature |
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and susannah is her name |
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father that s well remembered |
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how is dick and val |
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did not i write last summer |
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that pale death has closed his sides |
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it s as true as i m a sinner |
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i had forgotten quite |
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then it s o my will retire |
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for fear i ll spoil her sport |
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for while i m standing by yer |
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our ben can t frame to court |
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so madam don t be cruel |
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since you re a charmer fair |
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spare him as a jewel |
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for you ll like to be my heir |
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madam my father has declared |
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you are to be my bridge |
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or otherwise i am inclined |
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to lead a single life |
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for when a man gets married |
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he s down like a galley slave |
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bachelors like sailors |
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when the liberties there air |
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o sorrow does compel you |
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against your will to wed |
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indeed i needs must tell you |
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you but a logger s head |
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your cheek is none so charming |
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as to kindle cupid s fire |
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you ve neither wit nor learning |
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nor beauty to admire |
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o madam do but hear me |
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i ve got something more to say |
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don t stand so near hard by me |
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stand further off i pray |
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i have not lost my hearing |
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nor yet i am not dumb |
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but in spite of all your jeering |
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i can exercise my tongue |
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says thee so thou mistress cheesemouth |
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thee might give me better words |
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although thou s a genteel caucase |
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thy face to be observed |
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thy cheeks are like two cakes of tallow |
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thy lips are blue all o er |
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thou s tawny black and yellow |
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and forty colours more |
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begone thou piece of valour |
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for thou smells of pitch and tar |
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go hang theeself on the mainmast |
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where i shall never see thee more |
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take along with thee my wishes |
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to the bottom of the sea |
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thou s fitter for the fishes |
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than a woman s company |
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here comes i that never come yet |
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with great head and little wit |
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though my head be great and my wit be small
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my head is big my body is small
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i ve six fine lads ll please you all |
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my head s made of iron my heart s made of steel
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since my head is made of iron my body made of steel
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my hands and feet of knuckle bone i challenge thee out to feel
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my hands and feet of knuckle bone i challenge thee to feel
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how long will this unthinking fool |
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disturb us of our private see |
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fair rose thou may with boldness come |
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and banish him from our company |
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that would betray for want of skill |
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it s good to keep two strings for one bow |
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perhaps i might bear him as much goodwill |
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as what that i might do to you |
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o that s well answered my dear rose |
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i love the girl that s plain and free |
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thou may be packed in snotty nose |
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small hopes i find there is for thee |
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sure i this woman s worse than mad |
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judge gentlemen as well as me |
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in taking such a snotty lad |
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and despising such a spark as me |
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spread your affection civilly |
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and i shall tell you what i think |
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in you the small |
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there s no mistake to choose and wink |
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pox take her there s nowt to please her with |
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so saving thy debauchery |
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i ll call thee liar to the teeth |
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i ll will at that accepted be |
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i ll make thee lies to the town estate |
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the captain crown nor his estate |
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but if i in my duty fail |
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but come to me and i ll call it my fate |
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perhaps thou s got some tenement |
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some palace on some irish shore |
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perhaps thou lives by three ha pence rent |
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it s enough for thee to rent withal |
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now i m maintained by sailors wives |
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when their husbands are out all in protence |
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while you poor eunuchs leads poor lives |
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and i am swaggering by my rents |
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my father calls i must obey |
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be sure you both in peace remain |
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until you hear further what i say |
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the next time we meet again |
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thou are a fool o then say i |
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my reasons are expounded clear |
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for women may riddle but none can tell |
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by plain subtraction what they mean |
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still greater fool than half than i |
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if thou would know the certainty |
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of what a woman says |
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is meant quite contrary way |
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the devil go with them for now they re gone |
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and left me here behind see if all well at home |
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faith man and i ll away an all |
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i m a king and a conqueror too |
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and here i do advance |
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and i ve come to see thee dance |
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the clown come to see a king dance |
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a king dance ask thee good fellow |
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didn t i see thee tending the swine tother day |
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stealing swine i meant to say |
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now you ve given offence to your majesty thee |
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must either sing a song or off goes your head |
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i only know a lame song |
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i like a lame song |
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how can i be merry and wise |
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and in my heart contented be |
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when bone of my arm is out of place |
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and he mun put his nose where the bone should be |
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i put my nose where the bone should be |
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you old fool |
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sing it over again and sing it right |
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i ll nobbut sing it again |
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as you ve sung that so well you must sing us another |
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how can i sing another when i don t know one |
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i must have one or off goes your head |
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let me study a minute |
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i ve studied a love song about murder |
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my grandmother learned me seven years after she was dead |
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o i like a love song |
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o love it is a killing thing |
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its both for heart and mind |
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and he that doesn t come before |
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he needs must come before |
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you old fool |
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what difference is there between befour and before |
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sing it over again and sing it right |
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i ll nobbut sing it again |
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sing it over again and sing it right |
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or off goes your head |
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o love it is a killing thing |
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its both for heart and mind |
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and he that doesnt come before |
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he needs must come before |
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what difference is there between before and befoure |
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it s the way i learned it sing it yourself |
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if i sing it see that you learn it |
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o love it is a killing thing |
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it s both for heart and mind |
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and he that doesn t come before |
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he needs must come behind |
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i m a king and a king of high renown |
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i m sorry that i shall be offended with that ragly fellow that s called a clown |
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what needs thou be offended at me |
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and make that great ugly long face at me |
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if thou was hanged in yonder tree |
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i could make a far better king than thee |
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come all ye young men and draw your swords straight |
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and take this fool clean out of my sight |
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for if i talk to him he talk to me all night |
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ye gentlemen all who in mirth take delight |
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and intends our sport for to see |
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i ve come for to tell you that i am the clown |
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and pray you how do you like me |
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although i am little my strength it is great |
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i would scorn for to tell you a lie |
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i once killed a hedgehog as big as myself |
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and it made me a rare apple pie |
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and he made me a delicate fry |
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now my grandmother one of the bambury breed |
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as big as an old gilt in her twang |
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she would serve by the tinker at peddling trade |
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if that isn t a lie i ll be hang d |
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my father was tapsman and tideman three years |
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alas he was tiled so high |
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it was all for stealing three lusty grey mares |
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if that isn t true it s a lie |
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as for myself i m a butcher so good |
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i can hit both the mark and the square |
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i can stick a young heifer and never draw blood |
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and that i can do to a hair |
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i always was jovial and always will be |
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always at one time of the year |
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since adam created both oxen and plough |
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we get plenty of store and strong beer |
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so now i ve told my birth |
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and the place from when i come |
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so now i will set forth |
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our noble dancers on |
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our dancers will appear |
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in splendour by and bye |
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gooks bobs i ll do them here |
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silence silence i cry |
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our dancers will appear |
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in splendour red and white |
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goops bobs and do them see |
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they re coming in to sight |
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the first that come on is king henry by name |
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he s a king and a conqueror too |
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and with his broad sword he will make them to fall |
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but i fear he will fight me enoo |
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the next is progallus as some do him call |
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he s a general to the same king |
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and with his broad sword he will make them to fly |
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isn t that a desperate thing |
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the third i shall name without any offence |
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a gentleman just come from cork |
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he s witty and pretty in every degree |
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and amongst the girls he will sport |
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the fourth is hickman a rival |
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sticks close to his back |
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bewitched already by beautiful lass |
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but young cupid his ruin shall be |
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the fifth is jerry he s a passionate friend |
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he follows his master indeed |
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he s been a true trudger as ever did bend |
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and i wish we d some more of his breed |
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there s little diana i d tike to forget |
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whose beauty shines much like our own |
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but if ever we do get our heads to the pot |
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we ll drink till it strikes fourteen at noon |
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go on my brave heroes |
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our valour has been tried |
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from off the plains of waterloo |
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these six fought side by side |
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they fought against napoleon bold |
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and made him run away |
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sent him to saint helena |
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and there they made him stay |
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all you pretty lasses |
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that s sitting roundabout |
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these are six handsome young lads |
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as ever was turned out |
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they ll make you loving sweethearts |
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for ever they ll be true |
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they ll fight for you as manfully |
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as they did at waterloo |
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the first i do call |
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he s a handsome young man |
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as ever the sun shone on |
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he s like his brother cupid |
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looks on the charming boy |
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and when he meets with a bonny lass |
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with her he loves to toy |
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the next he is a bashful youth |
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he s brother to the moon |
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but first he gets his name up |
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in country and in town |
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amongst the pretty wenches |
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he drives a roaring trade |
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and when he meets a bonny lass |
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his valour is displayed |
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the next he is a spanking lad |
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his father is a squire |
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for betsy their sweet chambermaid |
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he got a great desire |
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he huddled her he cuddled her |
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until he made her yield |
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but when the truth they came to know |
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he was forced to quit the field |
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the next he is a rakish youth |
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i ve heard his mother say |
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she would give him good advice |
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322. |
before he went away |
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he was never to kiss a black lass |
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when he could kiss a white |
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and when he met a bonny lass |
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to stay with her all night |
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the next he is a valiant youth |
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328. |
he s been in all the wars |
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329. |
when he returned from waterloo |
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the bells did loudly ring |
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he won the day in splendour |
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he fought a valiant man |
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his countrymen did all rejoice |
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when he returned again |
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the next he is a brave young man |
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as ever you did see |
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so well did he act his part |
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for his king and country |
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he had no fear about him |
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for ever he ll be true |
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he ll fight for you as manfully |
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as he did at waterloo |
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so lasses prepare your lips else before your eyes |
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these six lusty lads will roll you in their arms |
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so speak spectators all |
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if you ll not take it amiss |
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347. |
if these lads will dance their shares |
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348. |
these lasses i will kiss |
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349. |
so now you ve seen us all go round and heard our pedigree |
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350. |
gentlemen and ladies all what do you think of me |
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so now you ve seen us all think of us what you will |
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352. |
music strike up and play t aud wife of coverdill |
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353. |
it s rough ground |
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354. |
hello hello what s the matter here |
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355. |
a man dead |
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356. |
i fear you have killed him |
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no he has nearly killed me |
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come all you villians and clear yourselves |
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i am sure it s none of i |
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that did this bloody act its he that follows me |
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361. |
that did it for a fact |
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362. |
i m sure it s none of i that did this awful crime |
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363. |
its he that follows me that drew his sword so fine |
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364. |
don t lay the blame on me |
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you awful villains all |
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366. |
i m sure my eyes were shut when this young man did fall |
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367. |
how could your eyes be shut when i was looking on |
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i m sure you were with us when first our swords were drawn |
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our king has done the deed and he lays the blame on me |
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before i ll take the blame |
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i ll try my sword with thee |
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372. |
o ray alas what shall i do |
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i ve been the cause of all this war |
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oray i am that it should happen so |
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375. |
that i should slay this poor old man |
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376. |
how can he be an old man |
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377. |
young man like me his father |
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i got him this morning before i got my breakfast |
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bury him we ll sing a psalm over him |
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380. |
when first king henry ruled this land he was a right generous king |
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381. |
he stole three pecks of barley meal to make a large pudding |
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and when this pudding it was boiled |
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they filled it full of plums |
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384. |
there was lumps of suet in |
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as big as my two thumbs |
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the king and queen they both did eat |
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and gentlemen likewise |
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and what they couldnt eat that night |
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389. |
next morning had it fried |
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god in heaven take this soul |
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churchyard take his bones |
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and that man that holds my sword |
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take his wife and bairns |
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394. |
how can we this man bury |
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when people all around us stand |
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but if we mean to escape a halter |
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397. |
we must send for a doctor |
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i have heard of doctors both far and near have heard of one tho he lives in spain |
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i ll lay ten pounds if he was here |
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he would bring this man to life again |
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five ten fifteen twenty pounds for a doctor |
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402. |
see sir a doctor here who travels much at home
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then here s a doctor rare who travels much at home
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take these here my pills
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so take my pills i ll cure all ills past present or to come
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they cure the young the old the hot the cold the living and the dead |
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what s the matter here |
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406. |
a man dead |
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407. |
how long has he been dead |
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408. |
seven minutes can you cure him |
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if he has been dead seven years i can cure him |
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what is your fee
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what s your fee
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411. |
nineteen pounds nineteen shillings eleven pence three farthings |
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412. |
peck of ginger bread and some oats for my horse |
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it is an imposition i wont give it |
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gee ball |
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hi hi doctor is that the lowest you ll take |
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i ll throw off the oats and the ginger bread |
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you must try your skill |
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418. |
he has got a raging pulse |
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419. |
how can a dead man have a raging pulse |
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420. |
give a dead man physic |
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421. |
can you cause a stomach in the morning |
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422. |
i can cause a stomach in the morning |
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make his victuals fly down his throat like a wheelbarrow |
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and rattle in his throat like a pair of chests of drawers |
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can you do anything for a fair lady |
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426. |
yes if ever a fair lady in this room wants a husband trimming |
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427. |
bring him to me and soon she shall have one |
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428. |
can you do anything for a big bellied mare |
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429. |
yes i can cure the big bellied mare |
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430. |
the old fools the gaol and the pepper vixit cracks |
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431. |
thousands which i cure is none here i can tell |
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432. |
it s all done with this little vandorous box |
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433. |
take that and you well |
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434. |
well doctor what is your name |
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435. |
i don t like to tell it to a ragamuffin like you |
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436. |
i must know your name |
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437. |
well you shall know it but it takes a good scholar to read it |
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438. |
my name is ivan lovan tanaman laddie |
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439. |
seven son of a new born doctor |
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440. |
here i ve travelled through fifty five kingdoms |
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441. |
and now return to my own country
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and now am returned to cure the diseases of old england again
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442. |
cure men with their heads off |
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443. |
men with their hearts out |
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444. |
the itch the stitch the stone the bone the pulse and the gout
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from a cold in your head to a touch of the gout
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445. |
if there was nineteen devils
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if a man gets nineteen bees in his bonnet i ll cast twenty of em out
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446. |
hi doctor he s a long time coming to life |
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447. |
well i must bleed him |
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448. |
i ve travelled for my education |
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449. |
how far have you travelled
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well how far have you travelled in doctorship
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450. |
all the way from the fireside upstairs
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from the front door to the cupboard cupboard to fireplace fireplace up stairs and into bed
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451. |
and knocked the chamber pot over and back again |
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452. |
is that all you ve travelled |
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453. |
oh no not by a great deal |
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454. |
i ve travelled all the way from itti titti |
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455. |
where there s neither town nor city |
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456. |
wooden chimes leather bells black pudding for the bell rope |
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457. |
little pigs running up and down street |
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458. |
knives and forks stuck in their backsides |
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459. |
crying god save the king |
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460. |
well doctor he is a long time in coming to life |
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461. |
i will bring him to life |
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462. |
good morning gentlemen a sleeping i have been |
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463. |
i ve had such a sleep as the like was never seen |
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464. |
and now i am awake and alive unto this day |
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465. |
our dancers shall have a dance and the doctor have his pay |
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