A.S.Buxton Collection (1920s, Manners)
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SELSTON - PLOUGH MONDAY PLOUGH BULLOCKS PLAY
Collected in the 1920s by Miss Manners for A.S.BUXTON of Mansfield.
FIRST PLOUGH BULLOCK I can open the door I enter in,
I hope your favour I shall win,
Whether I stand or whether I fall,
I do my duty to please you all.
A rome, a rome, a gathering room.
A rome to let us in.
We are not of the regged set,
But of the Royal trim.
Stir up that fire and shine a light
To see these jovial actors fight,
If you don't believe these words I say,
Step in bold Guy and clear the way.
GUY In comes bold Guy, bold Guy I am,
From England I have sprung,
I've travelled. all nations round
To find. King Georges son,
I found him at the slaughter,
I slew the King of EgYpts daughter.
My head is made of brass,
My body is made of steel
My knees and arms are made of hard knuckle bones,
No man can make me feel.
FIRST PLOUGH BULLOCK Can't I make thee feel?
GUY Thou canst not make me feel.
FIRST PLOUGH BULLOCK Stand back, stand. back thou dirty dog,
I'll make thy buttons fly,
I'll fill thy body full of hills and holes,
And by my soul thou shalt die.
GUY Shall I die?
FIRST PLOUGH BULLOCK Yes thou shalt die.
GUY Shake hands before I die.
(They fight and Guy falls.)
SECOND PLOUGH BULLOCK Oh George, Oh George what hast thou done,
Thou'st killed and slain my only son,
My only son lies bleeding here,
Call for a doctor.
SECOND PLOUGH BULLOCK And a noble doctor too.
How came you to be a doctor?
DOCTOR By my travels sir.
SECOND PLOUGH BULLOCK How far are your travels?
DOCTOR Italy, Sicily, France and Spain,
Over the sea and home again.
SECOND PLOUGH BULLOCK What have you seen on your travels?
DOCTOR Wooden churches with black puddings for bell ropes.
SECOND PLOUGH BULLOCK Is that all sir?
DOCTOR No sir, As I was going down a country lane,
I saw nineteen pigs crying out "who'll eat me?"
I kicked one over nine hedges, ten ditches, and broke
every bone in his belly, then I cured that sir.
SECOND PLOUGH BULLOCK Is that all sir?
DOCToR Yes, and enough for a doctor too sir.
SECOND PLOUGH BULLOCK How much will you cure this man for?
DOCToR Five pounds, being a poor man I charge you ten.
SECOND PLOUGH BULLOCK Cure him then.
DOCTOR Here Jack take a little of my nick nack,
Let it run down thy tick tack,
Rise and fight again.
SECOND PLOUGH BULLOCK Why fool he never stirs.
DOCTOR Oh, I must have given him the wrong bottle,
I've got a bottle in my sock frock pocket,
That will cure him dead or alive.
Here Jack, take a little of my nick nack,
Let it run down thy tick tack,
Rise and fight again.
(Guy rises.)
GUY One I was slain,
Now I am alive again.
DOCTOR Ladies and gentlemen all around,
I've cured this man both safe and sound,
I've healed his wounds, I've cleansed his blood,
I've given him that which has done him good,
If you can't believe the words I say,
Step in Beelzebub and clear the way.
BEELZEBUB In comes Beelzebub,
Over my shoulder I carry my club,
In my hand a dripping pan,
Don't you thlnk I'm a jolly old man?
If you don't, I do.
Plum pudding hot, plum pudding cold,
Plum pudding in a pot nine days old.
My father was a weaver,
If you have anything to give,
I am the receiver.
ALL (sing) We've come to steel your old black hen,
You'd better leave her alone,
She lays two eggs on every day
And on a sunday three,
And on a sunday three,
And on a sunday three,
And on a sunday three,
She lays two eggs on every day,
And on a sunday three.
We've got a leather purse
Made of streaking leather skin,
We want a few pence, to line it well within,
Oh! Johnny Wesley, Oh! Johnny Wesley.
Pray God may send you a Happy New Year.
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