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Christmas: his Pageant Play, or Mysterie of "St.George" - 1842 |
J.Pearce's Mummers' Act or Morris Dancers 'Chapbook - 1837-1849 |
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silence brave gentlemen if you will give an eye |
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as alexander is my name i ll sing a tragedy |
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a ramble here i took this famous town to see |
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my actors i have brought from farthest italy |
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the first i do present he is a noble king |
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he s just come from the wars good tidings he doth bring |
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the next that doth come in he is a doctor good |
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if it had it not been for him i d surely lost my blood |
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saint george to tell thy beauty i m not able |
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for thy face shines like the old oak kitchen table |
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thy teeth are no whiter than charcoal in a bag |
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and when thy robes are off there s nothing left but rag |
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old dives is the last a miser you may see |
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who by never lending any thing can t come to poverty |
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so gentlemen you see our actors will go round |
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stand of a little while more pastime will be found |
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we did not come here to laugh or to jeer |
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but for a pocket full of money and some christmas cheer |
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if you will not believe what i now say |
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let father christmas come in clear the way |
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open your doors and let him come in |
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i hope your favours he will win |
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whether he rise or whether i fall |
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he ll do his best to please you all |
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her comes father christmas who does not know my name |
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sword and buckler by my side i hope to win the game
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with sword and buckler by my side i hope to win the game
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rise up good wives shake your feathers |
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don t you think that we are beggars |
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we are gentles come to play |
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and seek your english good money |
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move off stocks then move off stools |
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here comes in the feast of fools |
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muckle head with little wit may stand behind the door |
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but such a set as we are was never here before |
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room room brave gallants now give us room to sport |
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for in this stately place we wish to make resort |
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with sprightly jest repeat to you our merry ancient rhyme |
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for you ll remember gentlemen that this is christmas time |
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to cut up green goose pies the time doth now appear |
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so we are come to act our merry christmas here |
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at the sound of the trumpet and the beat of the drum |
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make way brave gentlemen and let the actors come |
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we are the merry actors love fighting for our meat |
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we are the merry actors that traverse many a street |
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we are the merry actors that can show the pleasant play |
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step in thou king of egypt and clear for us the way |
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i am the king of egypt as plainly does appear
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i am the king of egypt as plainly it appears
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saint george of merry england he is my only son and heir
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i m come to seek my son my son and only heir
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step in therefore my noble son and act thy part with me |
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and show thy fame and visage forth before the company |
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here come i the dragon snapdragon is my name |
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and all nations round do tremble at my fame |
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where er i go they tremble at my sight |
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no lord or champion long with me would fight |
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here come i a knight from britain did i spring
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i am saint george who from old england sprung
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i ll fight the dragon bold my wonders to begin |
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i ll clip his wings he shall not fly |
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i ll cut him down or else i ll die |
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who s he that seeks the dragon s blood |
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and calls so angry and so loud |
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that english dog will he before me stand |
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i ll cut him down with my courageous hand |
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with my long teeth and scurvy jaw |
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to fill my large and hungry maw |
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of such i d break up half a score |
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and stay my stomach till i d more |
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here s one that dares to look thee in the face |
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and soon will send thee to another place |
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i am prince george a champion brave and bold
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i am saint george that noble champion bold
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for with my sword i ve won three crowns of gold |
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twas i that brought the dragon to the slaughter
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1. twas i that fought the fiery dragon and brought him to the slaughter
2. he fought a fiery dragon and brought him to the slaughter
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twas i that gained the egyptian monarch s daughter
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1. and by that means i won the king of egypt s daughter
2. and by those means he won the king of egypt s daughter
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in egypt s fields i prisoner long was kept |
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but by my valour i from thence escaped |
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i sounded loud at the gate of a divine |
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when out a giant hopp d with bad design |
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a blow he dealt which almost struck me dead
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where a great giant almost struck me dead
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but i up with my sword off went his head
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but by my valour i cut off his head
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here comes in the great king of macedon |
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who conquered all the world but scotland let alone |
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when i came to scotland my heart grew so cold |
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to see a little nation so stout and so bold |
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so stout and so free |
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i feared to call on galgacus to fight with me |
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sir knight of rome unto you i bend |
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stand off thou slave i think you not my friend |
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salve that for me is far too base a name |
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the word but serves to stab my honour and my fame |
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the be stabbed sir is the least of all my care |
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appoint your time and place i ll meet you there
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here s a place now meet me there
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i ll cross the water at the hour of five |
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i ll meet you there sir if i be alive |
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thou silly ass that livest on grass dost thou abuse a stranger |
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i live in hopes to buy new ropes and tie thy nose to a manger |
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stand off thou dirty dog or by my sword thoul t die
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stand off thou black morocco dog or by my sword thou st die
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i ll make thy body full of holes i ll cause thy buttons fly
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i ll stiffen thy body full of pellets and make thy buttons fly
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hold slacker hold pray do not be so hot |
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for on this spot thou knowest not who thou st got
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for here thou know st not who thou st got
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tis i that soon thy limbs will hash and crush them small as flies
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1. inch thee mince thee cut thee small as flies
2. inch me mince me cut me as small as flies
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and send thee to the pastrycook to make into mince pies |
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but hold prince george before thou go away |
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for either i or you must fall this most bloody day |
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some mortal wounds thou shalt receive by me
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before saint george shall be received by me
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so let is fight it out at once most manfully |
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take up the body bear it hence away |
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for this place no longer shall it stay |
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oh cruel turk what it this thou hast done |
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thou hast ruined me by killing my only son |
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oh what is here oh what is to be now done |
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our prince is slain the crown is likewise gone |
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he gave me a challenge why should i him deny |
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how high he was how low now he doth lies |
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o sambo sambo help me now |
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i was never more in need
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for in my life i never stood more need
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then haste thy valiant sword to shew |
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and fight until you bleed |
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yes my liege lord i will your voice obey
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o yes o yes my master s words i must obey
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and by my sword i hope to win the day |
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yonder stands he who killed my master s son |
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and his own ruin thoughtlessly begun |
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i ll try if he be sprung from royal blood
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if he should be of noble blood
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and from his body make an ocean flood
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i ll make it run like noah s flood
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gentlemen you see my sword s point is broke |
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or else i d run it through that villain s throat |
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is there never a doctor to be found |
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that can cure my son of his deadly wound |
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yes there is a doctor can cure disease the phtisic the palsy whatever you please |
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i can cure corns spasms gout
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the itch the pitch the pox the palsy and the gout
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i can draw the fidgets out |
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fever cure in a crack |
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or lumbago in the back |
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i have potions plasters pills |
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to cure melancholy ills |
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i can a dead man raise again |
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with a little dose of elecampane |
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what will ye take to cure this man
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what is your fee to cure this man
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and it is instant thine |
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ten marks pounds and a bottle of wine |
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will six not do |
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you must go higher |
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seven |
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twill not pay for the herbs and the fire |
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i ll give you a wife both lusty and young |
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can talk dutch french and the italian tongue |
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i ll have none such |
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why don t you love your learning |
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that thus to cure my son my offer you are spurning |
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yes i love my learning as i love my life |
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i love a learned scholar but not a learned wife |
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fifteen pound it is my fee but lay the money down |
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and as tis for such a rogue as thee i cure him for ten pound |
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now rise saint george give me your hand |
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start to your feet and firmly stand |
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a wondrous cure my daughter s thine |
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excuse me sir the lady s mine |
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now where s the turk that will he before me stand |
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i ll cut him down with my courageous hand |
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that will i the turkish knight |
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come from the turkish land to fight |
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i ll fight saint george who is my foe |
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i ll make him yield before i go |
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he brags to such a high degree |
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he think there s none can do like he |
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oh pardon me saint george pardon of thee i crave |
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oh pardon me this night and i will be thy slave |
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no pardon shalt thou have while i have foot to stand |
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so rise thee up again and fight out sword in hand |
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here comes in judas judas is my name |
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come drop some silver in the bag it was for that i came |
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i have been in the east i have been in the west |
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at many a castle gate but you will treat me the best |
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i ve seen geese going in pattens i ve seen clouds all day |
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pour peas and beans in torrents down you could not find your way |
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i ve seen the farmers thatch their barns with needles and with pins |
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swine flying in the troubled air like peelings of ingins |
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our hearts are made of steel but our bodies soft as ware |
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if you ve any thing to give good folks why put in there |
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bouncer buckler velvet s dear |
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and christmas comes but once a year |
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though when it comes it brings good cheer |
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then farewell christmas once a year |
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farewell farewell adieu friendship and unity |
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i hope we have made sport and pleased the company |
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good gentlefolk you see we are but actors few |
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we have done our very best that is all the best can do |
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now ladies and gentlemen your sport is almost ended |
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so prepare for the hat which is highly commended |
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the hat it would speak if it had but a tongue |
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come throw in your money and think it no wrong |
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