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Pace, Peace, or Paste Egging [Hulme, 1842] |
Christmas play from Dromore - 1886 |
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open the door and let me in |
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a merry act i will begin |
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i ll act it young i ll act it sage
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active youth and active age
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i ll act it on a public stage
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the likes of this was never acted on a stage
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room room brave gallant boys come give us room to rhyme
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room room brave gallant boys give me room to rhyme
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we come to show our great activity this easter time
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i ll show you some activity about the christmas time
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active young and active age
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active youth and active age
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the like was never acted on a stage
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the likes of this was never acted on a stage
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and if you don t believe a word of what i say |
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step in saint george and clear the way
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1. enter in prince george and he ll clear the way
2. enter in honour bright and he ll clear the way
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here come i knight george from england i spring
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here comes i prince george from england i have sprung
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one of those noble deeds of valour to begin |
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i am a noble champion bold |
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and with my right hand sword shield and spear have won many a crown in gold |
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seven long years in a close confinement i have been kept |
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and out of that into a prison leap t |
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and out of that into a rock of stone |
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where there i made my sad and grievous a moan |
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was it not i who fought the fiery dragon and brought him down to slaughter |
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and by these holy means won fair elizabeth the queen of egypt s daughter |
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and after i won her i did not stand at fear |
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but through her tender heart i run my naked spear |
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many a giant i did subdue |
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after i run the dragon through and through |
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i free d fair sabra from the snake |
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and what could mortal man more undertake |
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i fought them all courageously |
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and still have gain d the victory |
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and always fight for liberty |
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shew me the man that dare before me stand
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now where s the man to dare me stand
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i ll cut him down with glittering sword in hand |
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here s the man that dare before thee stand
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here an i a man who will dare you stand
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i heard thee say thou d cut him down with sword in hand
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i ll cut you down with my sword in hand
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i am he that will take thy challenge whose courage is so great |
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and with my sword i always make both earls and dukes to quake |
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thou art a bold fellow who art thou |
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i am a soldier stout and brave bold slasher is my name |
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with sword and buckler by my side i hope to win this game |
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i ll make the globe to ring brave boys |
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and that i will make good |
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and that before this ground i quit |
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i ll spill saint george s blood |
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what s that thou sayest do thou not be so hot |
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for in this spot thou know st not whom thou s got |
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i will hash thee and smash thee as small as flies |
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and send the to the d l to make mince pies |
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mince pies hot mince pies cold |
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i ll send thee to make e er thour t three days old |
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o george o george how can thou say so |
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when my head is made of iron my body girt and steel d |
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my legs and arms bold beef and brass i ll be bound no man can make me yield |
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let thy head be made of iron thy body girt and steel d |
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thy legs and arms both beef and brass i ll be bound i ll make thee yield |
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with all thy boasts thou cannot thyself save |
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for satisfaction i will have |
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what i have said i mean thou cannot me dismay |
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so pull thy sword out then and fight thy way |
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oh oh george what has thou done |
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thou st kill d and slain my only son |
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my only son my only heir cans t thou not see him bleed before thee there |
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i ve sarved him right |
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he drew out his sword and challenge d me to fight |
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a doctor a doctor ten pounds for a doctor
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a doctor a doctor ten pounds for a doctor
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is there no doctor to be found
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is there no doctor to be found
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to cure this man of his deep and mortal wound
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to cure this sad and bloody wound
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o horrible horrible deed whatever hast thou done |
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to drive me out of my seven senses into seventeen |
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and out of seventeen into seven score |
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the like was never seen or heard before |
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here comes the doctor |
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here comes i who never came yet
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here comes i that never came yet
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with my big head and little wit
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big head and little wit
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although my wit be ever so small
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though my head is big and my body is small
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i ve got enough to please you all
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i ll do my best to please you all
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i am a doctor pure and good
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yes yes here comes i a doctor pure and good
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and with my skill i can staunch his blood
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with my broad sword i ll staunch his blood
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if you have a mind this man s life to save
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if this prince s life is to be saved
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full fifty gold guineas i must have
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twenty guineas i must be paid
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how camest thou to be a doctor |
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by my travels |
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how far has t thou travelled |
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i have travelled |
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where |
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i have travelled far |
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where has t thou travelled |
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cans t thou not say where thou has travelled |
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i ve travelled through hickety pickety high garman france and spain |
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from the bedside to the cupboard side and from the cupboard side to the bedside back again |
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what has thou seen in thy travels |
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one day as i went down a narrow lane |
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i peep d down a sough |
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where i saw monkeys learing to chew bacca |
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and taking snuff |
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down another lane i saw two dead men fighting |
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two blind men seeing fair play |
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and hear d two deaf and dumb men |
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shouting hurra hurra |
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i saw an old woman selling soup in a cart |
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i said let me have a bowl and she cut me a quart |
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in a field i saw two stark nak d men running a race |
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for a smocket |
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they met a hare one nip d it up |
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and put it in his pocket |
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but doctor what can s thou cure
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what can you cure doctor
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i can cure the plague within the plague without
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i can cure the plague within and plague without
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the itch pox the palsy and the gout
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the palsy and the gout
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moreover if you bring me an old woman of fourscore and ten |
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with the knuckle bone of her little big toe broken i can set it right again |
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but can thou bring this dead man to life again |
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that i can without giving him pain |
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for i have a bottle in my pocket
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oh stop stop i ve a little bottle here
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will cure him quick as in sky rocket |
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here take a sup of my nip nap |
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and slip it down thy tip tap |
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and now i say rise up bold slasher and fight thy way
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take a sniff jack and rise and fight again
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i say doctor what makes your nose so red and long |
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tis good ale and beer that makes it red and long |
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and if you can t believe what i say
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1. and if you don t believe me what i say
2. and if you give no heed to what i say
3. and if you don t believe what i say
4. and if you heed not what i say
5. and if you do not believe what i say
6. if you don t give heed to what i say
7. and if you do not heed what i say
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step prince of paradise and clear the way |
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here come i the prince of paradise that black morrocco king |
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with crown and glory on my head i ll make this globe to ring |
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i ll make the globe to ring brave boys |
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remember what i say |
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and if you don t believe it
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1. and if you don t believe me what i say
2. and if you give no heed to what i say
3. and if you don t believe what i say
4. and if you heed not what i say
5. and if you do not believe what i say
6. if you don t give heed to what i say
7. and if you do not heed what i say
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come in brave turk and clear the way |
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i am a turkish champion bold from turkey land i came |
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i come to fight a famous knight saint george it is his name |
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here come i saint patrick in shining armour bright
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here comes i honour bright
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a famous champion and a worthy knight |
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what was saint george but saint patrick s boy
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who are you but fitzpatrick s boy
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he fed his horses seven long years on oats and hay
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who fed your horse on oats and hay
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and after that he ran away
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and afterwards you ran away
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i say by george you lie sir
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i swear prince george you lie sir
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pull out your sword and try sir
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take out your sword and try sir
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pull out your purse and pay sir
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take your purse and pay sir
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i ll run my sword through your body
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i ll ram me dagger in your heart
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and make you run away sir
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and make you die away sir
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and if you don t believe what i say
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1. and if you don t believe me what i say
2. and if you give no heed to what i say
3. and if you don t believe what i say
4. and if you heed not what i say
5. and if you do not believe what i say
6. if you don t give heed to what i say
7. and if you do not heed what i say
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come in old noll and clear the way
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enter oliver cromwell and he ll clear the way
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here come i oliver cromwell as you may suppose
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here comes i oliver cromwell as you may all suppose
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i have conquered many nations with my copper nose
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i conquered many nations with my big copper nose
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i made my foes to tremble and my enemies to quake
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i ve made my the french surrender and the spanish for to quake
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and beat all my opposers till i made their hearts to ache
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and i ve fought the jolly dutch till i made their hearts to quake
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and if you don t believe the words i have to say |
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enter in old beelzebub and clear for me the way
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enter in big head and he ll show you the way
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here i come old beelzebub here i come old beelzebub here i come old beelzebub
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here comes i beelzebub
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and over my shoulder i carry my club
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over my shoulder i carry my club
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and in my hand a dripping pan in my hand a dripping pan in my hand a dripping pan
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and in my hand a dripping pan
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and i think myself a jolly young man
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i think myself a jolly old man
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and if you don t believe what i say
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1. and if you don t believe me what i say
2. and if you give no heed to what i say
3. and if you don t believe what i say
4. and if you heed not what i say
5. and if you do not believe what i say
6. if you don t give heed to what i say
7. and if you do not heed what i say
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come in mr devil doubt and clear the way
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1. enter in beelzebub and he ll clear the way
2. enter in devil doubt and he ll clear the way
3. enter in buck sweep and he ll clear the way
4. enter in master man and he ll clear the way
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here come i little devil doubt
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here comes i wee devil doubt
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if you don t give me money i ll sweep you all out |
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money i want and money i crave
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money i want and money i crave
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if you don t give me money i ll sweep you all to the grave
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if i don t get money i ll sweep you all to your grave
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the last that does come in it is old dirty bet |
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and if you will believe me her pettycoats are wet |
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fol lol lol di riddle dee |
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the next that does come in it is a valiant knight |
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and if you will believe me he ll set you all to right |
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fol lol etc |
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the next that does come in it is old doctor fat |
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and if you will believe he wears a pinch d cock d hat |
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fol lol etc |
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now easter is coming and all s very fine |
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we re three or four jolly lads all in a line |
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with walking and talking we are all very dry |
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we hope our kind neighbours will never deny |
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fol de riddle oll |
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fol de role |
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fol de riddle oll doll dee |
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if you ll give us some pace eggs right jovial and free |
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we ll treat all our lasses on easter monday |
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if you give nought we ll take nought you ll find us all right |
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and we ll drink your good health and bid you good night |
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fol de riddle etc |
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