Context:
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Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland (NS8880) |
| Year: |
Publ. 1841 |
| Time of Occurrence: |
[Not given] |
| Collective Name: |
[Not given] |
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Source:
Robert Chambers
Select Writings of Robert Chambers, Vol.VII., Popular Rhymes of Scotland, 3rd edition, with additions,
Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, 1841, pp.299-304.
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Cast:
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Text:
[Introducer]
Open your door and let us in,
We hope your favour for to win;
We're none of your roguish sort,
But come of your noble train.
If you don't believe what I say,
I'll call in the King of Macedon,
And he shall clear his way!
{Enter King.}
King of Macedon
Here in come I, the great King of Macedon;
I've conquered this world round and round;
But when I came to Scotland, my courage grew so cold,
To see a little nation so stout and so bold:
If you don't believe what I say,
I'll call in Prince George of Ville, and he shall clear his way!
{Enter Prince George of Ville.}
Prince George of Ville
Here in come I, Prince George of Ville,
A Ville of valiant light
Here I sit and spend my right
... and reason:
Here I draw my bloody weapon,
My bloody weapon shines so clear,
I'll run it right into your ear.
If you don't believe what I say
I'll call in the Slasher, and he shall clear his way!
{Enter Slasher.}
Slasher
Here in come I, Slasher; Slasher is my name;
With sword and buckler by my side, I hope to win the game.
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Notes:
Chambers' Notes:
"The... commencement of the play, as performed in the neighbourhood of Falkirk."
Peter Millington's Notes:
Digitised from the transcript in
B.Hayward (1992) Galoshins : The Scottish Folk Play. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1992, ISBN 07486 0338 7, pp.167-168
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File History:
1999-09-10 - Encoded by Peter Millington
2021-01-15 - TEI-encoded by Peter Millington
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