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The White Boys [Isle of Man] 1845
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The Peace Egg : A Christmas Mumming Play - 1884

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1.	it is here by your leave ladies and gentlemen
2.	we will act a sporting play
3.	we will show you fine diversion before we go away
4.	it is room room brave gallant boys give us room to rhyme
5.	we will show you fine diversion in this christmas time
6.	it is room room give us room to sport	room room brave gallants give us room to sport
7.	this is the place we wish to resort	for to this room we wish now to resort
8.	to resort and to repeat our pretty rhymes	resort and to repeat to you our merry rhyme
9.	remember good folks it is the christmas times	for remember good sirs that this is christmas time
10.	this christmas time as we now appear	the time to make mince pies doth now appear
11.	we wish to act our merry christmas here	so we are come to act our merriment in here
12.	we are the merry actors that travel the street	we are the merry actors that traverse the street
13.	we are the merry actors who fight for our meat	we are the merry actors that fight for our meat
14.	we are the merry actors who show pleasant play	we are the merry actors that show pleasant play
15.	enter in the king of egypt clear the way
16.	i am the king of egypt and so boldly do appear	i am the king of egypt as plainly doth appear
17.	and saint george he is my son my only son and heir	i am come to seek my son my only son and heir
18.	step forth my son saint george and act thy part with ease
19.	show forth to all the living company thy praise
20.	i am thy son saint george and from england have i sprung	i am saint george from good old england sprung
21.	many are the noble deeds and wonders i have done	many bloody deeds and wonders have i shown
22.	full fourteen years in prison i was kept
23.	and out of that into a cave i leap t
24.	from thence i went into a rock of stone
25.	twas there i made my sad and grievous moan
26.	many were the lions that i did subdue
27.	i ran the fiery dragon through and through
28.	with a golden trumpet in my mouth
29.	i sounded at the gates divine the truth
30.	it s here to england right from egypt s station
31.	it is here i draw my bloody weapon
32.	show me the man that dare before me stand
33.	i ll cut him down with my courageous hand	i ll cut him down with my courageous hand
34.	or who dare challenge me to fight and i so great
35.	i who have fought lords dukes and made the earth to quake
36.	saint george who art thou poor silly fellow
37.	i am a turkish champion from turkish land came
38.	i came to fight that valiant knight saint george they call his name
39.	for it is hereby my name is written prince valentine
40.	descended from a hardy race and of a noble line
41.	and soon saint george i ll make thy lofty laurels flee	soon will i fetch thy lofty courage down
42.	it shall not be said by all that i did yield to thee
43.	we ll fight it out most manfully draw
44.	the point of my sword is broke
45.	it happens so indeed this night
46.	saint george is beat he dare not fight
47.	beat by thee thou poor silly rook
48.	fall in prince actor
49.	o mortal stars and skies of heaven above
50.	what a thing it is for a man to lose his love
51.	to strike that val rous champion from the helm
52.	and cursed be he that did him overwhelm
53.	o sambo sambo help me now in speed	oh hector hector help me with speed
54.	for never was i in a greater need	for in my life i ne er stood more in need
55.	o yea my master i soon will thee obey	yes yes my liege i will obey
56.	with sword in hand i hope to gain the day	and by my sword i hope to win the day
57.	art thou the knave that singly standest there	if that be he who doth stand there
58.	that slew my master s only son and heir	that slew my master s son and heir
59.	he challenged me to fight and why should i deny	he gave me the challenge why should i him deny
60.	he cut my coat so full of rents and made my buttons fly	i ll pierce thy body full of holes and make thy buttons fly
61.	and if the rascal had had the honour to obtain	please you my liege my honour to maintain
62.	why sir he would have served you the same	as i have done so would i do again
63.	i ll try if thou art born of noble race
64.	i ll make thy blood come trickling down thy face
65.	and if thou dost another word against my master say
66.	right through thy yellow body i ll make an open way
67.	o guards come take this dismal corpse away
68.	for in my sight it shall no longer stay
69.	o doctor doctor is there a doctor to be found	is there never a doctor to be found
70.	can cure saint george of his deep and deadly wound	1. can cure my son of his deep and deadly wound 2. can cure your son of his deep and deadly wound
71.	oh yes master yes there is a doctor to be found	yes yes there is a doctor to be found
72.	can cure saint george thy son of a deep and deadly wound	1. can cure my son of his deep and deadly wound 2. can cure your son of his deep and deadly wound
73.	from whence come ye
74.	from france from spain from rome i came
75.	i ve travelled all parts of christendom
76.	well spoken doctor
77.	what can you cure	what can you cure
78.	all sorts of diseases whatever you pleases
79.	all pains within all pains without	all complaints within and without
80.	the plague the palsy and the gout	from a cold in your head to a touch of the gout
81.	the itch stitch and molly grubs
82.	i can cure all these deeds
83.	all big bellied maids and such like jades
84.	likewise i will pledge my life
85.	i can cure a scolding wife
86.	let them be curst or ever so stout
87.	if the devil s in i ll blow him out
88.	what is your fee	what s your fee
89.	twenty pounds down is my fee but half of that i ll take from thee	five pounds is my fee but jack as thou art a fool i ll only take ten from thee
90.	if it is saint george s life i save
91.	that sum this night from you i crave
92.	what medicine do you carry doctor
93.	i carry a little bottle in my pocket of rixumra raxum prixum pmaxum with i cook o lory
94.	a little of this to his nostrils
95.	rise up saint george and fight again	rise man and fight again
96.	oh horrible terrible the like was never seen
97.	a man drove out of seven senses into seventeen
98.	and out of seventeen into seven score	to be struck out of seven senses into fourscore
99.	oh horrible terrible the like was ne er before	the like was never seen in old england before
100.	it was neither by a bull nor yet by a bear
101.	but by a little devil of a rabbit there
102.	it is a kind of rough tough coming up like a fly
103.	up the seven stairs and down the lofty sky
104.	my head is made of iron my body made of steel	since my head is made of iron my body made of steel
105.	my legs are made of pipe shanks i ll cause you all to yield
106.	oh oh i we are all brothers
107.	why should we be all through others
108.	put up your swords and fight no more
109.	no longer in this house adore
110.	my box it is dumb and cannot speak
111.	please give us something for christmas sake

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