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Cornish Christmas Play - 1833
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Guise-Dance Play, Saint Keverne [Cornwall, 1855]

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Vertical axis: Line Nos. for: Guise-Dance Play, Saint Keverne [Cornwall, 1855]
Horizontal axis: Line Nos. for: Cornish Christmas Play - 1833

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Vertical axis: Line Nos. for: Guise-Dance Play, Saint Keverne [Cornwall, 1855]
Horizontal axis: Line Nos. for: Cornish Christmas Play - 1833

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Line Cornish Christmas Play - 1833 Guise-Dance Play, Saint Keverne [Cornwall, 1855]
1. open your doors and let me in  
2. i hope your favors i shall win  
3. whether i rise or whether i fall  
4. i ll do my best to please you all  
5. saint george is here and swears he will come in  
6. and if he does i know he ll pierce my skin  
7. if you will not believe what i do say  
8. let father christmas come in clear the way  
9. here come i old father christmas welcome or welcome not here comes i old father christmas welcome or welcome not
10. i hope old father christmas will never be forgot i hope old father christmas will never be forgot
11. i am not come here to laugh or to jeer i ve not come to laugh nor jeer
12. but for a pocketfull of money and a skinfull of beer but i ve come to taste your beer
13. if you will not believe what i do say  
14. come in the king of egypt clear the way  
15. here i the king of egypt boldly do appear  
16. saint george saint george walk in my only son and heir  
17. walk in my son saint george and boldly act thy part  
18. that all the people here may see thy wond rous art  
19. here come i saint george from britain did i spring  
20. i ll fight the dragon bold my wonders to begin  
21. i ll clip his wings he shall not fly  
22. i ll cut him down or else i die  
23. who s he that seeks the dragon s blood  
24. and calls so angry and so loud  
25. that english dog will he before me stand  
26. i ll cut him down with my courageous hand  
27. with my long teeth and scurvy jaw  
28. of such i d break up half a score  
29. and stay my stomach till i d more  
30. is there a doctor to be found all ready near at hand  
31. to cure a deep and deadly wound and make the champion stand  
32. oh yes there is a doctor to be found all ready near at hand  
33. to cure a deep and deadly wound and make the champion stand  
34. what can you cure what can you cure
35. all sorts of diseases whatever you pleases  
36. the phthisic the palsy and the gout the hesick pesick pox and gout
37. if the devil s in i ll blow him out  
38. what is your fee  
39. fifteen pound it is my fee the money to lay down  
40. but as tis such a rogue as thee i cure for ten pound  
41. i carry a little bottle of alicumpane i ve got a little box in the west side of my breeches that goes by the name of elecampane
42. here jack take a little of my flip flop  
43. pour it down thy tip top  
44. rise up and fight again  
45. here am i saint george that worthy champion bold  
46. and with my sword and spear i won three crowns of gold  
47. i fought the fiery dragon and brought him to the slaughter  
48. by that i won fair sabra the king of egypt s daughter  
49. where is the man that now will me defy  
50. i ll cut his giblets full of holes and make his buttons fly  
51. here come i the turkish night here comes i the turkish knight
52. come from the turkish land to fight come from turkish lands to fight
53. i ll fight saint george who is my foe  
54. i ll make him yield before i go  
55. he brags to such a high degree  
56. he think there s none can do the like of he  
57. where is the turk that will before me stand  
58. i ll cut him down with my courageous hand  
59. oh pardon me saint george pardon of thee i crave  
60. oh pardon me this night and i will be thy slave  
61. no pardon shalt thou have while i have foot to stand  
62. so rise thee up again and fight out sword in hand  
63. here come i the giant bold turpin is my name  
64. and all the nations round do tremble at my fame  
65. where er i go they tremble at my sight  
66. no lord or champion long with me would fight  
67. here s one that dares to look thee in the face  
68. and soon will send thee to another place  
69. now ladies and gentlemen your sport is most ended  
70. so prepare for the hat which is highly commended  
71. the hat it would speak if it had but a tongue  
72. come throw in your money and think it no wrong  
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