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Plough Jacks' Play from Willoughton - 1889
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Another Plough Monday Play from Clayworth, Notts. - 1913-1916

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Vertical axis: Line Nos. for: Another Plough Monday Play from Clayworth, Notts. - 1913-1916
Horizontal axis: Line Nos. for: Plough Jacks' Play from Willoughton - 1889

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Vertical axis: Line Nos. for: Another Plough Monday Play from Clayworth, Notts. - 1913-1916
Horizontal axis: Line Nos. for: Plough Jacks' Play from Willoughton - 1889

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1. in comes i the fool  
2. i can t come in at the window so i have to come in at the door  
3. i have several more lads outside with actors standing at the door
4. some can dance and some can sing some can dance and some can sing
5. by your consent they shall come in if you consent i will walk in
6. in comes i the recruiting sergeant arrived here just now  
7. my orders are to recruit all jolly fellows that follow cart horse or plough  
8. tinkers tailors pedlars nailers all to my advance  
9. the more i hear the fiddle play the better i can dance  
10. i should like to hear one of your good songs  
11. come me lads that s bound for listing  
12. list and do not be afraid  
13. you shall have all kinds of liquors  
14. likewise kiss the pretty maid  
15. and ten bright guineas shall be your bounty  
16. and your hat betrimmed with ribbons  
17. likewise cuts a gallant show  
18. in comes i sir george the champion bold in comes i king george a champion stout and bold
19. with my rusty sword i won three thousand crowns in gold  
20. i fought the fierce dragon and brought him to his slaughter i fought the fiery dragon with my bright sword and brought it to a slaughter
21. and by these means i won the king of egypt s only daughter you won the king of egypt s only daughter his only daughter by these deeds i won the king of egypt s daughter
22. my head is made of iron my body made of steel  
23. my shins are made of knuckle bones no man can make me feel  
24. your head is made of iron your body is made of steel  
25. your shins are made of knuckle bones no man can make your feel  
26. i ll cut your jaw into ten thousand pieces i ll make your buttons fly  
27. a doctor a doctor five pounds for a doctor  
28. can t come under ten pounds  
29. fifteen pounds for a doctor must have one  
30. in comes i the doctor in comes i a doctor
31. you a doctor you a doctor
32. yes i m a doctor yes me a doctor
33. how comes you to be a doctor  
34. i have travelled for it  
35. where have you travelled  
36. england ireland scotland and wales  
37. three times round the world and back again  
38. what can you cure what can you cure
39. the hipsy pipsy palsy and the gout the ipsy the pipsy the palsy and the gout
40. aches within and pains without pains within and pains without
41. and out of twenty pains i can cast twenty five out  
42. doctor try your skill just try your skill on this man
43. please take hold of stick hat and gloves  
44. does a man s pulse be there  
45. yes that s the strongest part about him  
46. is this man dead  
47. not dead but in a trance there he s dead enough you re only in a trance
48. a drop of my wiff waff  
49. to rub on his tig tag  
50. and he ll come all right again  
51. so jump up my merry old lad and let s have a dance rise up and take a dance
52. in comes i the lady bright and fair good fortune and good charms  
53. so shamefully i was thrown away into your lover s arms  
54. he listed for a soldier and from me ran away  
55. in comes i old beelzebub in comes i beelzebub
56. and on my back i carry my club on my shoulder i carry a club
57. in my hand a frying pan in my hands a wetleather frying pan
58. don t you think i m a jolly old man don t you think i m a nice old man
59. what can you cook  
60. eggs and ham  
61. i can eat if you can  
62. in comes i dame jane neck as long as a crane  
63. once i was a charming maid now i m a down old widow  
64. i courted once a soldier a fine young man he was  
65. he took me to a foreign land and i ve never seen him since  
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