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Penkridge Christmas Play, 1899 |
J.White's Alexander Chapbook - 1746-1769 |
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i open the door i enter in |
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i hope my favours for to win |
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| 3. |
whether i rise or whether i fall |
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i ll do my endeavour to please you all |
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| 5. |
prince george stands at the door he swears he will come in |
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with his sword and buckler by his side he swears he ll belt my skin |
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| 7. |
silence brave gentlemen if you will give an eye
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silence brave gentlemen if you will give an eye
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| 8. |
alexandria is my name and i will show you tragedy
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alexander is my name i ll sing the tragedy
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| 9. |
by rambling near i have took this country for to see
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a ramble here i took the country for to see
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| 10. |
and these actors i have brought so far from here to italy
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three actors hear i ve brought so far from italy
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| 11. |
the next i do present there is a noble king
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the first i do present he is a noble king
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just come from the wars glad tidings he does bring
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he s just come from the wars good tidings he doth bring
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the next i do present there is a doctor good
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the next that doth come in he is a doctor good
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if it hadn t been for him i should have lost my blood
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had it not been for him i d surely lost my blood
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old divious is the next a miser as you see
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old dives is the next a miser you may see
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by the landing of his gold is come to poverty
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who by lending of his gold is come to poverty
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by the sounding of the trumpets and the beating of the drum
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at the sounding of the trumpet and beating of the drum
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make room you ladies and gentlemen and let our actors come
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make room brave gentlemen and let our actors come
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we are the merry actors that travel through the street
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we are the merry actors that traverses the street
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we are the merry actors that fight for our meat
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we are the merry actors that fight for our meat
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we are the merry actors that show prison gale
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we are the merry actors that shew the pleasent play
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| 22. |
step in the king of egypt and clear the way
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step in thou king of egypt and clear the way
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i am the king of egypt that plainly does appear
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i am the king of egypt as plainly does appear
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prince george is my only son and heir
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and prince george he is my only son and heir
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therefore step in my son and act thy part with me
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step in therefore my son and act they part with me
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and show thy face to all the company
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and shew forth thy praise before the company
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i am prince george the champion brave and bold
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i am prince george a champion brave and bold
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and with my sword i won three crowns of gold
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for with my spear i ve won three crowns of gold
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it was i that brought the dragon down to the slaughter
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twas i that brought the dragon to the slaughter
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it was i that gained the egyptian monarch s daughter
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and i that gain d the egyptian monarch s daughter
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in egypt s field i was taken
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in egypt s fields i prisoner long was kept
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and by my valour i soon from them escaped
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but by my valour i from them soon scap d
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i ll sign the gate the hour of eye
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i sounded at the gate of a divine
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i went and joined no good design
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and out came a giant of no good design
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he gave me a blow that almost struck me dead
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he gave me a blow which almost struck me dead
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i up with my sword and cut off his head
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but i up with my sword and did cut off his head
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hold slack prince george don t thou be so hot
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hold slacker hold pray do not be so hot
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for in this place i know what thou st got
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for on this spot thou knowest not who thou s got
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for it s i that can either slash thee or hash thee or cut thee as small as flies
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tis i that s to hash thee and smash thee as small as flies
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or send it to satan to make mince pies
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and send thee to satan to make minch pies
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mince pies hot or mince pies cold
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minch pies hot minch pies cold
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i ll send it to satan before thou rt three days old
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i ll send thee to satan e re thou be three days old
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my head is made of iron and my body s mad a of steel |
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and my knees are made of knuckle bone and no man can make me feel |
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your head is not made of iron your body is not made of steel |
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and your knees are not made of knucklebones so i can make you feel |
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so prince george before thou goest away
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but hold prince george before thou go away
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either you or i shall die this very day
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either thou or i must die this bloody day
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| 49. |
so mortal wounds thou shalt receive by me
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some mortal wound thou shalt receive by me
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so let us fight out manfully
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so let is fight it out most man fully
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| 51. |
five pounds for a doctor |
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| 52. |
no doctor yet |
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ten pounds for a doctor |
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no doctor yet |
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fifteen pounds for a doctor |
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hot tot tot here comes a little doctor good and hero
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the next that doth come in he is a doctor good
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i have travelled far from home
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so hear s a doctor rare who travels much at home
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i have travelled far from here |
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how far hast thou travelled |
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from the fireplace to the cupboard |
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no farther yet |
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yes from italy sicily germany and spain |
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i have come to cure this man that thou hast slain |
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here jack take a bit of my nip nap |
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put it down thy tip tap |
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arise up jack and fight again |
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i ve healed his wound i ve cleansed his blood |
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i ve given him that what s done him good |
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i ve hills and pills for all diseases take my physic then who pleases |
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what diseases canst thou cure
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what diseases can he cure
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all diseases both in and out
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all diseases both within and without
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the hips and the pips the palsy and the gout
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especially the itch pox palsy and the gout
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there is nineteen serpents in a man and i m sure to fetch twenty out |
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i once rode ten miles on an old dead donkey |
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to cure the old woman of the hipseypipsey |
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and she couldn t sneeze for shouting |
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i gave her one of my small pills |
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and she was well again on the next morning |
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oh horrible terrible such life was never seen before
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o horrible terrible the like was never seen
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and a man drove out of seven senses into fifteen
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a man drove out of seven sences into fifteen
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oh out of fifteen into fourscore
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and out of fifteen into fourscore
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oh horrible terrible such life was never seen before
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o horrible terrible the like was ne er before
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oh thou silly ass that lives by grass how dost thou salute a stranger
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thou silly ass that lives by grass dost thou abuse a stranger
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i live in hopes to buy new ropes to tie thy nose to the manger
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i live in hopes to buy new ropes and tie thy to the manger
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sir unto thee i bend stand off thy slave
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sir unto you i bend
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i think thou art not my friend
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stand of thou slave i think the not my friend
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oh slave kind sir that word is too far to be in the name
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a slave sir that is for me by far too base a name
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that word is to stop my honour in vain
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that word deserves to stab thy honour s fame
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stop kind sir with all thy fear
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to be stab d sir is the least of all my care
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point out the time and place and i ll meet you there
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appoint your time and place i ll meet you there
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i ll cross the water the hour of five
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i ll cross the water at the hour of five
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i ll meet you there if i am alive
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i ll meat you there sir if i be a live
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i ll cross the water the hour of ten |
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and i ll meet you there with gentlemen |
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sure to express thy beauty thou art not able
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sir to express thy beauty i am no able
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thy face shines like the very kitchen table
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for thy face shines like the very kitchen table
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thy teeth are no white than charcoal
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thy teeth are no whiter than the charcoal
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thy breath stinks like the salt sea
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and thy breath stinks like the devil s a se h le
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so mortal wounds thou shalt receive by me
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some mortal wound thou shalt receive by me
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so let s fight out so manfully
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so let is fight it out most man fully
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twenty pounds for a doctor |
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oh what is here oh what is here oh what is to be done
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oh what is here oh what is to be done
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our king is slain and his crown is likewise to be won
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our king is slain the crown is likewise gone
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therefore take up his body and bear it hence away
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take up the body bear it hence away
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for in this place he shall no longer stay
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for in this place no longer shall it stay
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bouncing butler velvet here
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bounser buckler velvet s dear
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christmas comes but once a year
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and christmas comes but once a year
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when it comes it s never so near |
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so farewell christmas once a year
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but farewell christmas once a year
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ladies and gentlemen you see our actors are but poor
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but gentlemen you see we re but young actors four
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if the worst can please the company
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i hope we have made sport and pleas d the company
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the best can do no more
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we ve done the best we can and the best can do no more
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step in beelzebub |
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ya ha ha here comes one that s never been yet |
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with a big head and little wit |
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although my wit it is but small |
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i ll do endeavour to please you all |
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five and twenty of december |
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christmas comes you will remember |
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brings glad tidings of great joy |
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roast pudding and lumps of beef sir |
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ya ha ha here comes old beelzebub |
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| 123. |
on my shoulder i carry my club |
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and in my hand my keginpan |
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don t you think i m a jolly old man |
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money i want money i crave |
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if you don t give me money i ll sweep you all into the grave |
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to my rink a tink tink and a sup more drink |
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i ll make an old kettle cry sound i ll mend an old kettle all round |
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my coat all pitches and patches |
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to my honour i give as i look |
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my shoes are all stitches and stitches |
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as i go stacking about |
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to my rink a tink tink and a sup more drink |
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i ll make an old kettle cry sound |
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i ll buy an old kettle i ll sell an old kettle |
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i ll mend an old kettle all round |
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my snuff box in my pocket |
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as large as you suppose |
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as large as any turnip |
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as ever used to grow |
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to my rink a tink tink etc |
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