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Dendron Pace Egg Mummers Play, 1904
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Rudheath (Cheshire) Souling Play [1949]

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Line	Dendron Pace Egg Mummers Play, 1904	Rudheath (Cheshire) Souling Play [1949]
1.	open this door and let me in
2.	i hope to please you all within
3.	whether i stand or kneel or fall
4.	i ll do my best to please you all
5.	i am bold boney i ll have you to know
6.	i ve brought a small army but rather too slow
7.	but rather too slow in firing their guns
8.	the very last battle i fought was six to one
9.	fol da day fol da day fol da diddle i dom day
10.	now ladies and gentlemen
11.	stir up the fire and shine a light
12.	to see this jolly act to night
13.	if you wont believe me what i say	and if you can t believe me what i say
14.	step in king george and clear the way
15.	in step i king george the champion ever bold	here i am king george the champion bold
16.	in my right hand i carry a glittering sword with which i won ten thousand pounds in gold	i ve won ten thousand pounds in gold
17.	twas i that fought the fiery dragon and brought it to its slaughter
18.	and by these means i won fair shebra king of egypt s daughter
19.	enter prince of paradine	step in black prince and clear the way
20.	in step i the prince of paradine the black morocco king
21.	with sword and buckley by my side and through the woods i ring
22.	and of it i ll make bold old boy
23.	and from thy dearest spot king george i ll draw some precious blood
24.	what s that word thou sayest	mind what thou sayest
25.	if thou sayest that word again my sword shall break thine head
26.	how can st thy sword break my head	how canst thou pierce my body full of holes
27.	my head is made of iron my body is made of steel	when my head is cased in iron my breast in steel
28.	my hands and feet of knuckle bone i ll challenge thee to the field	my toes and fingers of knuckle bone i challenge thee to yield
29.	declarest thou i am to die
30.	either thou or i
31.	pull out thy sword and fight pull out thy sword and fight
32.	bear off bear off and give them room
33.	either one or two must be slain
34.	before the sword i yield again
35.	o george o george what hast thou done	king george king george what hast thou done
36.	thou st killed and slain mine only son	thou hast killed and slain my only son
37.	mine only heir can st thou see him bleeding there	my only heir see how he lies down bleeding there
38.	o son o son i m sorry to see
39.	thy angry passions rise to such a degree
40.	o father father never fear
41.	there is a doctor living near
42.	to bring the dead to life again	and will bring any dead man to life again
43.	and the blind to see
44.	five pounds for a doctor	five if he is a good one
45.	five pounds is my general fee
46.	i would not come and attend for a man like thee
47.	ten pounds for a doctor
48.	there i am an excellent hatter
49.	i isn t in want of a hatter
50.	i s in want of a doctor
51.	here i am jack of all trades
52.	how didst thou come jack of all trades
53.	by my travels
54.	how dost thou travel
55.	o this is the way i generally travel
56.	but i hav nt got much room here
57.	where hast thou travelled
58.	o i ve travelled italy sicily france portugal and spain
59.	three times round the east west indies
60.	and now returned to old england again
61.	is that all
62.	o dear no i ve travelled from the tip toe the gallio
63.	three doors below the bottom
64.	where i saw houses thatched with pancakes	he s travelled where houses are thatched with pancakes
65.	and spelked on with black puddings
66.	horse back bones for rigging stones
67.	is that all
68.	o dear no i ve travelled from my old granny s three square corner cupboard
69.	where i ve got many a leg of mouse butter and scouse potatoe pie giblets and calf bladder pie
70.	that s what made me so fat and bulky as i am
71.	a leg and a thigh fit to tice any young lady
72.	from her father s residence and from boarding school
73.	i is not talking about fat
74.	neither am i talking about lean
75.	what are you talking about
76.	what i can cure
77.	what canst thou cure	what sort of diseases can you cure
78.	o i can cure the itch the stitch the scab the gout	the ipps the pips the pops the gout
79.	if there be nineteen devils in mr turk i ll bring one and twenty out	a man having nineteen devils in his body it is bound to knock twenty out
80.	why as i passed through saint paul s churchyard the other morning
81.	even the very dead arose and cried
82.	doctor doctor give us one of your never failing pills
83.	poor turk is dead his ghost has fled no more of him thou lt see
84.	but if grand turk shall rise again what shall become of thee
85.	he challenged me to fight with him and why should i deny	why mary he challenged me out to fight and why should i deny
86.	i ll let him know king george is born to conquer or to die
87.	his heart goes pit pit pat like a dead lamb s tail
88.	he s got an awful wound that a coach and six horses might pass through
89.	but i ve got a little bottle in my inside outside jacket breeches waistcoat pocket which my old granny gave when i was over in spain she called it hokey pokey elecampane	i have another bottle in my inside outside jacket coat waistcoat pocket which my great great grandfather sent from spain
90.	it will cure all ills and bring dead men to life again	and will bring any dead man to life again
91.	here jack take a little of my nip nap
92.	let it run down thy tip tap
93.	rise up bold turk and fight king george again	and rise and fight the battle
94.	the dead man doesn t seem to rise yet doctor
95.	o but i have not finished him yet
96.	o see o see what i have done
97.	the cleverest doctor under the sun
98.	cured his wound and healed his blood
99.	and gave him something to do him good
100.	o where have i been this long and weary time
101.	fetch me my scratch and pain
102.	pardon king george pardon
103.	no pardon will i give thee
104.	but i ll wound thee more and more
105.	in jumps i old beelzebub	in comes i beelzebub
106.	under my arm i carry my club	on my shoulder i carry my club
107.	in my club i drop my cash
108.	and i think myself a canny old man	i reckon myself a jolly old man
109.	in come i old betty askett
110.	under my arm i carry my basket
111.	in my basket i carry my eggs
112.	and i think myself a canny old lass
113.	here we go round all six in a row	we are one two three good hearty lads and we re all in one mind
114.	as fine young fellows as ever you saw
115.	fol da day fol da day fol da diddle i dom day
116.	now ladies and gentlemen sitting by the fire
117.	put your hands in your pockets it s all we desire
118.	put your hands in your pockets and pull out your purse
119.	and give us a trifle you ll not be the worse
120.	fol da day fol da day fol da diddle i dom day

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Dendron Pace Egg Mummers Play, 1904
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Rudheath (Cheshire) Souling Play [1949]