Master Mummers - Comparison of Folk Play Texts

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Vertical axis: Line Nos. for:	Truro [Formerly Mylor]: "A Play for Christmas", 1780s
Horizontal axis: Line Nos. for:	Christmas Play from Bovey Tracey - 1913-1916

Vertical axis: Line Nos. for:	Truro [Formerly Mylor]: "A Play for Christmas", 1780s
Horizontal axis: Line Nos. for:	Christmas Play from Bovey Tracey - 1913-1916

Line	Christmas Play from Bovey Tracey - 1913-1916	Truro [Formerly Mylor]: "A Play for Christmas", 1780s
1.	in comes i father christmas welcome here or welcome not	hare comes i ould father christmas welcom or welcom not
2.	i hope old father christmas will never be forgot	i hope ould father christmas will never be forgot
3.	christmas comes but once a year	ould father christmas a pair but woance a yare
4.	and all you people mind what i say	and if you would not believe what i say
5.	come mother dolly and clear the way
6.	in comes i mother dolly
7.	drinking gin is all my folly
8.	before i begin i likes to make room
9.	i ll sweep it away with my little broom
10.	here am i king george a man of courage bold
11.	and if thy blood is hot i ll quickly fetch it cold	and if is blood is hot soon will i make it could
12.	in comes i the turkish knight	hear come s i the turkish knight
13.	come from the turkish land to fight	came from the turkish land to fight
14.	to fight king george and all his men
15.	before i do return again
16.	oh is there a doctor to be found
17.	to cure this man of his deep and deadly wound
18.	oh yes there is re
19.	here am i william bentinck
20.	fought for the foe on the field of fentink
21.	what canst thee cure doctor	what canst thou cure
22.	i can cure the itch pitch palsy or the gout	i can cure the hich the stich the pox the gout
23.	if the devil s in i can soon fetch him out
24.	here am i the giant from the giant s rest
25.	with my long teeth and scury jaws
26.	i ll tear the flesh from off thy nose

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