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Sulgrave Mummers' Play [Northamptonshire, 1921]
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Newport Version [Christmas Morris-Dancers' Play, Shropshire, 1879]

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Line	Sulgrave Mummers' Play [Northamptonshire, 1921]	Newport Version [Christmas Morris-Dancers' Play, Shropshire, 1879]
1.	a room a room
2.	for me and my broom
3.	and all my brave company
4.	i ll sweep your house as clear as a berry
5.	for very little money
6.	come in my foreman
7.	in comes i the duke of cumberland
8.	with my broad sword in my hand
9.	where is a man who care before me stand	where is this man before me stands
10.	i would kill him slay him and cut him up as small as flies	that will lash thee and slash thee
11.	and send him to jamaica to make mince pies
12.	you will stand back then
13.	come in king george
14.	in comes king george with sword in hand
15.	where is that man who said he dare before me stand	where is this man before me stands
16.	here he is
17.	you said you would kill me slay me and cut me up as small as flies	that will lash thee and slash thee
18.	and send me to jamaica to make mince pies
19.	and so i will
20.	mince pies hot mince pies cold
21.	mince pies in the pot nine days old
22.	a battle a battle betwixt you and i
23.	to see which on the ground shall lie
24.	stand back stand back you have killed the man
25.	is there a good doctor in the land
26.	yes there is a good doctor in the land
27.	five thousand pounds for a good doctor to come	i ll give five pounds for a doctor
28.	doctor won t come to no such money
29.	ten thousand pounds for a good doctor to come	i ll give ten pounds for one
30.	doctor will come long way to come and a ricketty old nag to come on
31.	in comes i old doctor parr
32.	and in my time i ve travelled far
33.	i ve travelled england scotland wales and rome
34.	and yet i ve never been far from home
35.	how do you make that out then
36.	because i ve always stayed at home
37.	what can you do now you have come
38.	i can cure the ip the pip the stitch the palsy and the gout	i can cure the itch the pitch the palsy and the gout
39.	pains within and pains without
40.	i can cure any old major or jay who can t cough for laughing
41.	you had better set to work then
42.	i ll give him a drop of my medicine
43.	don t choke the man
44.	i only gave him a tablespoonful
45.	a barushovelful
46.	a tablespoonful
47.	cavinscuttleful
48.	no a tablespoonful
49.	oh i see
50.	but no wonder the man lies here half dead
51.	he s got a big tooth in the back of his head
52.	and if it s not drawn he will soon be dead
53.	better draw it then
54.	i shall want one or two of you camel backed irishmen to help pull
55.	i ll make one
56.	i ll do a little
57.	are you all ready pull
58.	have you got it
59.	no slipped off
60.	are you all ready pull
61.	have you got it
62.	yes no wonder the man lay here half dead
63.	to see this great tooth i ve drawn from his head
64.	better hand it round the company then
65.	is that all you can do then
66.	if any man in this company can do more than me
67.	you had better call him in and see
68.	come in jack finney
69.	my name is not jack finney
70.	it is mr finney
71.	a man of great pain
72.	who can bring this man or any other man to life again
73.	you had better set to work then
74.	i ll give him one of my pills
75.	a working binder
76.	a selfbinder
77.	no a working binder
78.	guaranteed to go through him like a furze faggot
79.	turn round in him like a wheelbarrow
80.	and come out like a freewheel gig
81.	this man reviveth
82.	gone by with it not that he ain t fit for he lays here now
83.	this man reviveth
84.	read the bible never in all his days
85.	this man reviveth
86.	oh i see
87.	i m sure this man is not dead
88.	so come old fellow rise up your head
89.	that ain t his head
90.	what is it then
91.	his stommicks
92.	i m sure this man is not quite dead
93.	so come old fellow rise up your head
94.	that ain t his head
95.	what is it then
96.	his pantry
97.	this is the case i saw before
98.	rise up king george and fight no more
99.	stand back stand back i ll have no more fighting tonight
100.	come in baalzebub
101.	in comes i baalzebub	my name is old billy bellzebub
102.	on my shoulder i carry my club	and on my left shoulder i carry a large club
103.	in my hand my dripping pan	and in my right hand a small dripping pan
104.	don t you think i m a funny old man
105.	rather stand back then come in bighead
106.	in comes i that s never been yet	here here here comes one that never came yet
107.	with my big head and little wit	with a big head and a little wit
108.	my head s so big my wit so small	although my wit it is so small
109.	i ve come this night to please you all	1. i do my duty to please you all 2. i think i ve enough to please you all
110.	my father killed a great fat hog so you can plainly see
111.	and my mother gave me this bladder to be my hurdy gurdy
112.	lay down good dog and eat your bone and riggle it through your ribs
113.	and now my lads and lasses
114.	cock up your tails and give us a jig

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Sulgrave Mummers' Play [Northamptonshire, 1921]versusNewport Version [Christmas Morris-Dancers' Play, Shropshire, 1879]

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Sulgrave Mummers' Play [Northamptonshire, 1921]
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Newport Version [Christmas Morris-Dancers' Play, Shropshire, 1879]