Master Mummers - Comparison of Folk Play Texts

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Vertical axis: Line Nos. for:	Christmas play from Dromore - 1886
Horizontal axis: Line Nos. for:	Christmas Play from Bovey Tracey - 1913-1916

Vertical axis: Line Nos. for:	Christmas play from Dromore - 1886
Horizontal axis: Line Nos. for:	Christmas Play from Bovey Tracey - 1913-1916

Line	Christmas Play from Bovey Tracey - 1913-1916	Christmas play from Dromore - 1886
1.	in comes i father christmas welcome here or welcome not
2.	i hope old father christmas will never be forgot
3.	christmas comes but once a year	christmas comes but once a year
4.	and all you people mind what i say	1. and if you don t believe me what i say 2. and if you give no heed to what i say 3. and if you don t believe what i say 4. and if you heed not what i say 5. and if you do not believe what i say 6. if you don t give heed to what i say 7. and if you do not heed 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
12.	in comes i the turkish knight
13.	come 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	is there no doctor to be found
17.	to cure this man of his deep and deadly wound	to cure this sad and bloody 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 can you cure doctor
22.	i can cure the itch pitch palsy or the gout	the palsy and 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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