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Cropwell, Notts. Ploughboys' Play - 1890 |
Plough Jagg's Play : Bassingham - 1952 |
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in comes i bold tom a brisk and lively young fellow
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in comes i bold tom a brave and brisk young fellow
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2. |
i have come to taste of your best beef and ale they tell me it is so ripe and mellow
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i ve come to taste of your beef and ale they say it s ripe and mellow
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good evening ladies and gentlemen all
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good evening ladies and gents all
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it s plough monday to night that makes tom so bold as to call
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it s plough week as makes thomas so bold as to call
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but don t take in all i have got to say
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and i hope you won t be offended at what few words i ve got to say
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there s plenty more lads and lasses on the way
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because there s a few more chaps coming on the way
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some can dance and some can sing
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some can dance and some can sing
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by your consent they shall come in
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with your consent they shall come in
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oking poking france and spain
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oakum pokum france and spain
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the recruiting sergeant just the same
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in comes the sergeant all the same
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in come i the recruiting sergeant i have just arrived at here
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in come i the recruiting sergeant i have arrived here just now
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i have orders from the queen to enlist all jolly fellows that follow horse cart or plough
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i ve had orders from the king to enlist all men that follow cart horse or plough
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tinkers tailors pedlars nailers all to my advance
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tinkers tailers peddlers nailers all the more to my advance
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the more i hear the fiddle play the better i can dance |
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faith can thee dance i can dance sing or say
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i can either dance sing or say
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if you begin to dance i soon shall march away
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if you are going to dance i shall soon run away
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in comes i that lost my mate |
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drooping tears hangs down my fate |
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19. |
pity my condition i do declare |
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for a false young girl i am in despair |
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behold the lady bright and gay good fortune and sweet charms
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behold the lady bright and gay good fortune and sweet charms
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how scornfully i have been thrown away right out of my true love s arms
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how scornfully i ve been thrown away right out of my true lover s arms
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he swears if i don t wed with him which you will understand
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he swears if i don t wed with him as you will understand
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he ll enlist him for a soldier and go into some foreign land
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he ll enlist for a soldier and go to some foreign land
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come all ye lads that has a mind
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come all ye lad s that s bound for listing
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for enlisting and do not be afraid
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enlist and do not be afraid
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you shall have all kinds of liquors
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you shall have all kinds of liquors
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likewise kiss the pretty maid
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likewise kiss the pretty fair maid
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are you free hearted and willing young man
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are you free hearted and willing
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on your hat i pin this ribbon |
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in your hand i place this shilling
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then in your hand i place this shilling
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thank you kind sergeant for your offer if i stay longer i may fare worse
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thank you kind sergeant i like your offer time away will quickly pass
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dash my wig if i will grieve any longer for this proud and saucy lass
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1. dash my wig if i ll wait any longer gere for a proud and saucy lass
2. dash my wig if i will grieve any longer here for a proud and saucy lass
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since my love is listed and entered volunteer
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and since my love has enlisted and joined the volunteers
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i neither mean to sigh for him nor shed one tear
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i do not mean to sigh for him nor yet to shed a tear
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dost thou love me my pretty fair maid
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well dost thou love me my pretty fair maid
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yes tommy to my sorrow
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yes tommy to my sorrow
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when shall be our wedding day
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when shall be our wedding day
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tommy love to morrow
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tommy love to morrow
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they make bands and we shake hands |
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and tommy love to morrow
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and we will get wed to morrow
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in comes i old thrashing blade all good people ought to know |
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my old dad learnt me this trade just ninety years ago |
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i have thrashed in this part of the country |
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and in many other parts |
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i will thrash you tommy before i go |
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that s the way to give it him |
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in comes i old hopper joe
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in comes i old hopper joe
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i can either plough sow reap or mow
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i can either plough reap sow or mow
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and i hope the master will bestow
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i hope the master will bestow
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all he can afford us in our hopper o
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all he can afford us
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not only that i am old sankey benny |
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i have three or four yards of black and white tape in my pocket |
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i will sell you it all for a penny |
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sank my lad what have you got in the hardware line |
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anything but soft soap and treacle |
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them s just the two things that i have not got |
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i ll call on you a week last tuesday |
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thank you old rag bag |
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in comes i the farmer s man
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in comes i the farmer s man
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don t you see my capping hand
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don t you see my whip in hand
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i go forth and plough the master s land
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i go forth and plough my master s land
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and turn it upside down
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and turn it upside down
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how i straight i go from end to end
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straight i go from end to end
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i scarcely make a baulk or bend
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neither make a baulk or bend
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and to my horses i attend
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and to my horses i attend
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as they go marching round the end
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as i go marching round the end
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hov ve gee wo
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gee back whoa
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in comes i old dame jane with a neck as long as a crane
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in comes i old dame jane with a neck as long as any old crane
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dib dab over the meadow
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dib dab over yon high meadows
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once i was a blooming maid now i am a downright old widow
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once i was a blooming maid but now a darned old widow
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long time i have sought thee and now i have caught thee
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long have i sought thee now have i caught thee
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tommy take the child
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here tommy take to the baby
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the child jane
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baby jenny
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it s none of mine
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none of mine
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who told you bring it here
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who sent you here with it
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the overseer of the parish told me to bring it to the biggest fool i could find
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the overseers of the parish said i was to take it to the biggest fool i could find
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and i think you be him
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and i think you be him
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for its eyes nose cheeks and chin |
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is as much like you as ever it can grin
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are as much like you as ever it can grin
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is it a boy or a girl |
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it is a girl |
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mine is all boys |
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take it and swear it to the town pump old rag bag
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take it and swear it to the parish pump you saucy old jade
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in comes i beelzebub
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in comes i belzebub
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on my shoulder i carry my club
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on my shoulder i carry my club
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in my hand a wet leather frying pan
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in my hand a whit leather frying pan
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don t you think i m a funny old man
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don t you think i m a funny old man
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is there any old woman that can stand afore me
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is there any old woman here as can stand before me
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i think i can |
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my head is made of iron my body made of steel
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1. for my head is made of iron my body made of steel
2. if your head is made of iron and your body made of steel
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my hands and feet of knuckle bone i think nobody can make me feel
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my hands and feet of knuckle bones and no man can make me feel
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if your head is made of iron your body made of steel
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1. for my head is made of iron my body made of steel
2. if your head is made of iron and your body made of steel
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your hands and feet of knuckle bone |
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i think i can make me feel old girl |
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oh beelzey oh beelzey what hast thou done
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belzebub belzebub look what you ve done
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thou hast kilt the old woman and limted her son
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killed poor old dame jane and lamed her son
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five pounds for a doctor
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five pounds for a doctor
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ten to stop away
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ten to stop away
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fifteen to come in
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fifteen to come in a case like this and he must come
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wo my lad take hold of my donkey
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whoa boy hold my horse he s only a donkey
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and mind he does not kick you
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hold him by the tail and mind he don t kick you
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in comes i the doctor
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in comes i the doctor
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you the doctor
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1. what you a doctor
2. you seem a very clever doctor
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yes me the doctor
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yes me a doctor
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how came you to be the doctor
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and how came you to be a doctor
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by my travels
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i travelled for it
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where have you travelled
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and where did you travel
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england ireland scotland wales |
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back again to doctor old england
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and back to doctor old england again
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fireside bedside by my old grandmother s cupboard side |
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where i have had many pieces of pork pie |
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that makes me as big and fine a fellow as you are tom |
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is that all your travels |
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no
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no
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when i was down in yorkshire
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once i went a fifty two mile ride yon side of york
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my old grandmother tumbled upstairs with an empty teapot full of flour
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she tumbled upstairs with an empty tea pot full of flour
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and grazed her shin bone
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grazed her skin bone
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and made her stocking leg bleed
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and made her stocking top bleed
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and i cured that
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i cured that
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what diseases can you cure
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what pains can you cure
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the hipsy pipsy palsy and the gout
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ippsy pipsy palsy and the gout
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aches within aches without
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pains within and pains without
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draw a leg set a tooth
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set a tooth draw a leg
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and almost raise the dead to life again |
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you seem a very clever young man |
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you better try a little of your skill
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you had better try your skill
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thank you kind sir |
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i ll show you a pretty pass when i get my glasses on |
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i ll feel of this old body s pulse first |
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her pulse beats very irregularly |
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nineteen times to the tick of my watch once |
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she is in a very low way
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this old woman s very low
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she will not get a deal lower without there is a hole dug for her
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and she will not get a deal lower unless i dig a hole under her
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she has been living on green potato tops
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she s been living on green boiled tatey tops
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a fortnight without water
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for three weeks without water
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she has swallowed a donkey and cart and can t digest the wheels
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she has also swallowed a donkey and cart and the wheels won t go round
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now old lady let me see your tongue |
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let me hear you cough |
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i have a little drop of snick snarle in my coat waistcoat breeches pocket lining |
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shaken before taken |
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one drop in a morning two at night
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i should give one in the morning
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and swallow the bottle at dinner time
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and the box at dinner time
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i have also got a box of my fatmetical pills |
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you must take one in the morning two at night
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and two at night
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and swallow the box at tea time |
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which will help to digest the wheels |
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and purify your blood |
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do you know good ladies and gentlemen |
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this old girl is not really dead she is in a trance
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this old woman s not dead she s only in a trance
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so raise her up and let her dance
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so raise her up and let her dance
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152. |
if she can t dance we can sing
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if she can dance we can sing
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153. |
so raise her up and let s begin
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so raise her up and let s begin
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154. |
good master and good mistress as you sit round your fire
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good master and good mistress as you sit round your fire
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remember us poor plough lads that plough through mud and mire
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remember us poor plough boys who plough through mud and mire
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the mire has been so very deep we travel far and near |
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we thank you for a christmas box and a pitcher of your best beer
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we thank you for your christmas box and a jug of your best beer
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we thank you for civility and what you gave us here
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we thank you for civility and what you gave us here
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we wish you all good night and another happy year
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we wish you all a very good night and another happy new year
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