Master Mummers - Comparison of Folk Play Texts

Settings

Primary Script:

Secondary Script:

Lines matching	Exact Std.IDs only Include all variants of an Std.ID
Parallel texts:	Matched lines only Primary script with matches lines from the secondary script Secondary script with matches lines from the primary script

Bold Robin Hood : Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxon. - 1913-1916
versus
Christmas Mummers Play from Kempsford, Glos. - 1868

All Lines

Vertical axis: Line Nos. for:	Christmas Mummers Play from Kempsford, Glos. - 1868
Horizontal axis: Line Nos. for:	Bold Robin Hood : Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxon. - 1913-1916

Matched Lines Only

Vertical axis: Line Nos. for:	Christmas Mummers Play from Kempsford, Glos. - 1868
Horizontal axis: Line Nos. for:	Bold Robin Hood : Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxon. - 1913-1916

Parallel texts

Line	Bold Robin Hood : Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxon. - 1913-1916	Christmas Mummers Play from Kempsford, Glos. - 1868
1.	how dirty your house is mrs
2.	let me sweep it up so decent and so clean
3.	all on this merry christmas time	this merry merry christmas time
4.	for i have a tanner a coming in
5.	and room he must have
6.	i am a tanner of noting hand	i am a bold tanner from northamptonshire i came
7.	long time i ve wrote my name bold rauthra band	long time i wrote my name bold arthur abland
8.	i with my long hook spike staff	with a long pike staff on my shoulder
9.	so well i clear my way	so well i clear my way
10.	by two or by three i made them to flee	let them be one two or three i make them flee
11.	for i give them no leave for to stay	they dare no longer stay
12.	as i was going across mesher wood	through the forest merry greenwood
13.	were the red deer which run there and here	1. to view the red deer that run here and there 2. to mind the red deer that run here and there
14.	there i spied bold robin hood	then i saw bold robin hood
15.	as soon as bold robin hood he did me spy	as soon as robin hood did me spy
16.	some sport he thought for to make	some sport he thought for to make
17.	and thus out of hand he bid me to stand	he bid me fan he bid me stan
18.	and thus unto he did speak	and he bid me thus for to spake
19.	who art thou then bold fellow	who art thou bold fellow
20.	that reigns so boldly here	who begin so bold high here
21.	by theself in the breath the looks like a thief	stroth to be brief thou lookst a thief
22.	come to steal our queen s deer	come to steal the king s deer
23.	thee bist not the keeper of this forest	if thou beist keeper over this forest
24.	nor yet under any command	and hast any great command
25.	thee must have more protectors in store
26.	before the before the canst bid me to stand
27.	no more protectors in store
28.	no more have i any need
29.	for i have a staff and another old craft
30.	sure to do the deed
31.	speak clearly bold fellow
32.	give better terms unto me
33.	neither will i for thy neglect
34.	i ll make the more manly
35.	by thee staff and the bow i care not a straw
36.	nor all the bow arrows to boot
37.	if thou get a knock all on the brow stock
38.	thou must just as well run as to shoot
39.	lets measure staffs bold fellow	let us measure staves bold fellow
40.	my staffs eight foot and a half knock down a calf	an eight foot staff will knock down a calf
41.	i ll worn he ll knock down thee	and i m sure it will knock down thee
42.	who s that coming over yonder hill
43.	little john bold robin hood to fight the for thy fill
44.	what s the matter master
45.	pray unto me tell	what is the matter master i pray you tell
46.	i see thee stand with thee staff in thee hand	you stand with your staff all in your hand
47.	i fear its all not well	i m fraid all things arn t well
48.	this tanner he stands he makes me to stand	the man that bid me stand
49.	he s the tanner hood that stands by my side	is the tanner by my side
50.	he s a bonny blade in his masters trade	he s a bonny blade and a master by trade
51.	so well he a tanned me hide	and he swears he ll tan my hide
52.	the must be condemned bold fellow	thee be recommended
53.	if thou so feat to do	if the fate thee can do
54.	if the lookst so stout thee and i ll have a bout	if thee be so big and stout thee and i ll have a bout
55.	and thee shalt tan my hide too	and thee shall tan my hide too
56.	five pounds for a good doctor
57.	ten pounds for a good doctor if he was but here
58.	doctor quick saddle thee horse and brush away
59.	hold my horse jack	hold my horse jack
60.	i got him fast by the tail	yes sir i ve got him fast by the tail
61.	he come i old doctor good
62.	must i command thee bold robin hood
63.	were cost thee come from	1. what country cost thee come from 2. ah what country cost thee come from
64.	from ome
65.	what canst thee do	1. what can st thee cure 2. what else can st thee cure 3. what canst thee cure
66.	cure a jackdaw with the tooth ache	a magpie with the tooth ache
67.	how cost do that	how d ye do that
68.	but his yud off	cut off s head
69.	and throw his body in the ditch	and throw his body into the ditch
70.	any body could do that
71.	i got a box of pills to cure all ills
72.	i cured old jig me joles wife	i cured old john juggler s wife
73.	with the roomatis in neran of her elbows	her had the rheumatiz in all four of her elbows
74.	swelled up as big as the stom a to bacco pipes
75.	she died poor old souled that was nt my fault
76.	i can cure the itch the stitch the palsy and the ghout	1. the itch the stitch 2. both the palsy and the gout
77.	pains within pains without	pains within and pains without
78.	and all the rantantorious boxes
79.	i can cure this man if he s not quite dead
80.	if he ll rise up and take one of my pills	if she will rise up and crack one of my silver pills
81.	so little john rise up thy head
82.	i travelled through england through scotland and france
83.	know me little john lets have a english dance	rise up bold arthur abland and give the ladies and gentlemen a dance before you go away
84.	green sleeve and yellow lace	green sleeves and yellow leaves
85.	four monkeys dance apace	now my boys we ll dance apace
86.	know here come i old beelzebub	so here i am a rub a dub a dub
87.	on me i cars me club	on my shoulder i carries my club
88.	in me hand dripping pan	in my hand an empty can
89.	don t he think i m a jolly old man	don t you think i m a jolly old man
90.	last christmas day i turned the spit	last christmas day i turned the spit
91.	i burned me finger i feels it hit	i burnt my fingers and felt it hit
92.	the pot lid buat the ladel aye	and the frying pan beat the ladle
93.	aye says the grid iron cant you to agree
94.	i m the justice bring hum to me
95.	in comes the fryin pan with his long tail
96.	and swer s if the cant agree i ll send hum all to jail

Lines are matched on exact Std.IDs only.

Comparison of Folk Play Texts

Settings

Bold Robin Hood : Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxon. - 1913-1916versusChristmas Mummers Play from Kempsford, Glos. - 1868

All Lines

Matched Lines Only

Parallel texts

Bold Robin Hood : Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxon. - 1913-1916
versus
Christmas Mummers Play from Kempsford, Glos. - 1868