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Plough Jagg's Play : Bassingham - 1952 |
The Plough Boys (from Tollerton, Nottinghamshire) 1950 |
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in comes i bold tom a brave and brisk young fellow
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in comes i bold tom
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i ve come to taste of your beef and ale they say it s ripe and mellow
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we have just come to taste your wine and beer we have come to make you merry
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good evening ladies and gents all
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good evening ladies gentlemen all
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it s plough week as makes thomas so bold as to call |
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and i hope you won t be offended at what few words i ve got to say |
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because there s a few more chaps coming on the way |
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some can dance and some can sing
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some can dance some can sing
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with your consent they shall come in
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at your consent they shall come in
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oakum pokum france and spain
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okum pokum france and spain
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in comes the sergeant all the same
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in comes the recruiting sergeant on his name
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in come i the recruiting sergeant i have arrived here just now
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in comes i the recruiting sergeant i have arrived here just now
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i ve had orders from the king to enlist all men that follow cart horse or plough
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i have orders from the king enlist all young men that follow horses cart waggon or plough
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tinkers tailers peddlers nailers all the more to my advance
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tinkers tailors peddlers nailers all the more to my advance
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the more i hear the fiddle play the better i can dance
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the more i hear the fiddle play the better i can dance
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faith lad do think a fool came to see thee dance |
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i can either dance sing or say
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yes i can either dance sing or say if you can either dance sing or say
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if you are going to dance i shall soon run away
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i will quickly walk away
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good people pay attention and listen to my song |
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i ll tell you of a pretty fair maid before the time is long |
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i m almost broken hearted the truth i do declare |
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since love has so enticed me and drawn me in a snare |
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cheer up young man don t die in despair |
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perhaps in a short time the lady will be here |
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behold the lady bright and gay good fortune and sweet charms
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behold the lady bright and gay good fortune and sweet charms
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how scornfully i ve been thrown away right out of my true lover s arms
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how scornfully i have been thrown away out of my true love s arms
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he swears if i don t wed with him as you will understand
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he says as i won t to him wed he ll let me understand
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he ll enlist for a soldier and go to some foreign land
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he will list all for a soldier and go into some foreign land
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come all ye lad s that s bound for listing
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come all you lads that have a mind for listening
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enlist and do not be afraid
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list and do not be afraid
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you shall have all kinds of liquors
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you shall have all kinds of liquors
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likewise kiss the pretty fair maid
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likewise kiss this fair pretty maid
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thank you kind sergeant i like your offer time away will quickly pass
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time away does quickly pass
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dash my wig if i ll wait any longer gere for a proud and saucy lass |
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ten bright guineas shall be your bounty if along with me you ll go
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ten bright guineas shall be your bounty if along with me you will go
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your hat shall be well trimmed with ribbons
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your hat shall be neatly trimmed with ribbon
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and we will cut a gallant show
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you shall cut a gallant show
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thank you kind sergeant i like you better if i stay longer i may fare worse
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thanks kind sergeant for your offer
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dash my wig if i will grieve any longer here for a proud and saucy lass |
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are you free hearted and willing
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1. are you willing to serve the king young man
2. are you free able and willing to serve your king
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yes
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yes sergeant
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then in your hand i place this shilling
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in you hand i place this shilling
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and since my love has enlisted and joined the volunteers
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and since my love has listed and entered volunteers
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i do not mean to sigh for him nor yet to shed a tear
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i neither mean to sigh for him or yet to shed one tear
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i ve got another sweetheart and with him i will go
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i will get another sweetheart and along with him i ll go
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madam i ve got gold and silver |
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madam i ve got home and land |
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madam i ve got rings and jewels |
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and they stand at your command |
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what care i for your rings and jewels |
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what care i for your house and land |
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what care i for your gold and silver |
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when all i want is a handsome man |
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a handsome man will not maintain you beauty it will fade away
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this buxom lass she will not maintain you her beauty it will fade away
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like a rose that blooms in summer and in winter will decay
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like the first rose of summer in the winter does become
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well dost thou love me my pretty fair maid
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do you love me my pretty fair maid
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yes tommy to my sorrow
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yes tommy to my sorrow
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when shall be our wedding day
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and when shall be our wedding day
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tommy love to morrow
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tommy dear tomorrow
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to my ran too roolem roolem ray |
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and we will get wed to morrow
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and we ll get wed tomorrow
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here stop all this hip skip jigging about |
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i want to ask a few of you skip me jacks and skip me dolls |
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to me and my wife s wedding |
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what you like best you had better bring |
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what we like best we are going to have |
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what s that tommy |
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a leg of a lark and a louse roasted |
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a round off a farthing loaf and a thumping toast |
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edge about boys there s a wedding on to morrow |
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in comes i the farmer s man
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in comes i the farmer s man
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don t you see my whip in hand
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don t you see my whip in hand
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i go forth and plough my master s land |
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and turn it upside down
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as i go forth to plough the land and turn it upside down
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straight i go from end to end
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how straight i go from end to end
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neither make a baulk or bend
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and never make a baulk or bend
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and to my horses i attend
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and all my horses i attend
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as i go marching round the end
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as they go marching round the bend
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gee back whoa
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whoa back bob
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in comes i old hopper joe |
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i can either plough reap sow or mow |
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i hope the master will bestow |
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all he can afford us |
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in comes i old dame jane with a neck as long as any old crane
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in comes i dame jane with a neck as long as any crane
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dib dab over yon high meadows
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bibble babble over the meadows
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once i was a blooming maid but now a darned old widow |
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long have i sought thee now have i caught thee
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a long time i have sought thee and now i have got thee
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here tommy take to the baby
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pray tommy take thy child
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baby jenny |
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none of mine |
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who sent you here with it
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who says so
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the overseers of the parish said i was to take it to the biggest fool i could find
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the overseer of the parish pump said i was to bring it to the biggest fool in the house
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and i think you be him
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and i think you are he
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for his eyes nose mouth and chin |
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are as much like you as ever it can grin
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it is as much like you as ever it can grin
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take it and swear it to the parish pump you saucy old jade |
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in comes i belzebub |
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on my shoulder i carry my club |
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in my hand a whit leather frying pan |
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don t you think i m a funny old man |
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is there any old woman here as can stand before me |
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yes me |
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for my head is made of iron my body made of steel |
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my hands and feet of knuckle bones and no man can make me feel |
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if your head is made of iron and your body made of steel |
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and your shins are made of knuckle bones i can make me feel |
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i will bash you slash you as small as flies |
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send you to jamaica to make mince pies |
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belzebub belzebub look what you ve done
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o murphy murphy what hast thou done
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killed poor old dame jane and lamed her son |
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five pounds for a doctor
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five pounds for a doctor
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ten to stop away
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ten pounds for him to stay away
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fifteen to come in a case like this and he must come
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fifteen pounds for him to come
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whoa boy hold my horse he s only a donkey
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whoa boys whoa boys take hold of my horse
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hold him by the tail and mind he don t kick you
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mind it does not swallow you
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and i ll show you the rusty side of a brass ha penny when i come out again |
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in comes i the doctor
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in comes i the doctor
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what you a doctor
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1. what you the doctor
2. you seem a clever old chap doctor
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yes me a doctor
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yes me the doctor
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and how came you to be a doctor
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how became you to be a doctor
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i travelled for it
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by my travels
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and where did you travel
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where did you travel
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england ireland france and spain
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italy ireland germany france and spain
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and back to doctor old england again |
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what pains can you cure
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what great pains do you cure doctor
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ippsy pipsy palsy and the gout
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ipsy pipsy polsy gout
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pains within and pains without
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pains within and pains without
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set a tooth draw a leg
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draw a leg set a tooth
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cure a pain at the back of the head |
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is them all the great cures you can do |
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no |
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once i went a fifty two mile ride yon side of york
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also two two miles yon side of york
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to cure old mother cork
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where i cured an old woman called mrs cork
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she tumbled upstairs with an empty tea pot full of flour
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she tumbled upstairs with a tea pot half full of cold boiling water
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grazed her skin bone
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and grazed her shin just below the elbow
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and made her stocking top bleed
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and made her stocking top bleed
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i cured that |
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you seem a very clever doctor
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1. what you the doctor
2. you seem a clever old chap doctor
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you had better try your skill
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i wish you would try your skill on this young man
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thank you sir and so i will
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by your leave sir i will
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this old woman s very low |
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and she will not get a deal lower unless i dig a hole under her |
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she s been trying this new experiment
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he has been trying a new experiment
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what s that doctor
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1. what is that doctor
2. what does that box contain doctor
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she s been living on green boiled tatey tops
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he has been living on green raw boiled potatoes
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for three weeks without water
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nine days all but a fortnight
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and trying to cut her throat with a wooden iron rolling pin |
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accidentally done on purpose |
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she has also swallowed a donkey and cart and the wheels won t go round
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also swallowed his old grandmother s donkey and cart and couldn t digest the wheels
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but never mind |
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inside my trousers breeches waistcoat pocket lining pocket
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inside my inside trousers waistcoat pocket that i have left at home
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i ve got a box of pills |
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these pills are persian pills
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these pills are anti billious pills
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i should give one in the morning |
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and two at night
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take one at night and one in the morning
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and the box at dinner time |
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if the pills don t digest the box will
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if the pills do not digest the box will
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i ll give her a little of my whiff waff
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i have a bottle of whiff whaff
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and let it run down her tiff taff
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to teem down his old tiff taff
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and it ll heal her wounds and cleanse her blood |
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and do the old soul a lot of good |
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this old woman s not dead she s only in a trance
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this man is not dead he is in a trance
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so raise her up and let her dance |
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if she can dance we can sing
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if you can dance we can sing
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so raise her up and let s begin
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arise old chap and let s begin
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good master and good mistress as you sit round your fire
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good masters and good mistress as you sit around your fire
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remember us poor plough boys who plough through mud and mire
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remember us poor ploughboys who plough through mud and mire
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the mire it is so very deep the water is so clear
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the mire it is so very deep the water runs so clear
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we thank you for your christmas box and a jug of your best beer |
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here hold on about your pitchers of beer |
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i see nothing in the old hopper yet |
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what do you want to see in the old hopper joe |
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pork pie and mince pie |
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i m easy as hungry as you are dry |
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take the old hopper round and see what the good folks will give thee |
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you are the biggest fool you may go round yourself |
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you see our song is ended |
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you see our fool has gone
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good masters and good mistress you see our fool has gone
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we re making it our business to follow him along
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we make it our business to follow him along
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we thank you for civility and what you gave us here
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we thank you for civility and what you gave us here
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we wish you all a very good night and another happy new year
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we wish you all goodnight and another happy year
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