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Christmas Mummers' Play from Weston-sub-Edge, Glos. - 1864
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Boys' play from Braganstown - 1890

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Line	Christmas Mummers' Play from Weston-sub-Edge, Glos. - 1864	Boys' play from Braganstown - 1890
1.	a room a room a roust a roust
2.	i brought this old broom to sweep your house
3.	in comes i old father christmas christmas or christmas not
4.	i hope old father christmas will never be forgot
5.	i am not here to laugh or to cheer
6.	but all i want is a pocket full of money and a cellar full of beer
7.	so ladies and gentlemen if you don t believe what i say	1. and if you don t believe me and give in to what i say 2. and if you don t believe me and list to what i say 3. and if you don t believe and give in to what i say
8.	step in turkish knight and clear the way
9.	open your doors and let me in
10.	for your favour i am sure to win
11.	whether i rise or whether i fall
12.	i do my best to please you all	i ll do my endeavour to please you all
13.	for king george is here and swears he will come in
14.	and if he do he ll pierce me to my skin
15.	so ladies and gentlemen if you don t believe what i say	1. and if you don t believe me and give in to what i say 2. and if you don t believe me and list to what i say 3. and if you don t believe and give in to what i say
16.	step in king george and clear the way	enter in prince george and he ll show you play
17.	i am king george this noble knight
18.	came from foreign lands to fight
19.	to fight that fiery dragon who is so bold
20.	and cut him down with his blood cold
21.	who s he who seeks the dragon s blood
22.	and curse so angry and so loud
23.	i m he who seeks the dragon s blood
24.	and curse so angry and so loud
25.	you you black looking english dog will you before me stand
26.	i ll cut thee down with my courageous hand	i ll cut him down with sword in hand
27.	with my long teeth and scurly jaws i break up half a score
28.	and stay my stomach till i mourn
29.	so to battle to battle and you and i will try
30.	to see which on the ground shall lie
31.	oh is there a doctor to be found or any near at hand
32.	to heal this deep and deadly wound and make this dead man stand
33.	oh yeas here is a doctor to be found all ready near at hand
34.	to heal this deep and deadly wound and make this dead man stand
35.	take one of my pills bold fellow rise up and fight again	arise dead man and fight again
36.	oh is there a doctor to be found or any near at hand
37.	to heal this deep and deadly wound and make this dead man stand
38.	oh yes here is a doctor to be found all ready near at hand
39.	to heal this deep and deadly wound and make this dead man stand
40.	ladies and gentlemen all
41.	here a large wolf s tooth growing in this man s head
42.	and must be taken out before he ll recover
43.	what s thy fee doctor
44.	ten guineas is my fee but fifteen will i take of thee
45.	before i set this gallant free
46.	work thy will doctor
47.	i will where s jack
48.	oh yer s jack jack s coming
49.	hold my horse jack finney
50.	my name ain t jack finney
51.	my name s mr john finney
52.	a man of great strength
53.	cured an old magpie of the toothache
54.	twisted his old yud off throwed his body in a dry ditch and drowned him
55.	i went off the morrow about nine days after
56.	picks up this little yud magpie
57.	romed my arm down his throat
58.	turned him inside outwards
59.	and made as good a magpie as ever walked in a pair of pattens
60.	hold my hoss mr john finney
61.	will he bite
62.	no
63.	will he kick
64.	no
65.	take tow to hold him
66.	no
67.	hold him yourself then
68.	what s that you saucy young rascal
69.	oh i hold him sir
70.	give him a bucket of ashes and a fusket for his supper
71.	and well rrrrom down with the bissum stick
72.	do it yerself sir
73.	what s that you saucy young rascal
74.	oh i do it sir
75.	bring me my spy glass mr john finney
76.	fetch it yerself sir
77.	what s that you saucy young rascal
78.	oh i fetch it sir there it is sir
79.	what s throw it down there for
80.	ah for thee to pick it up agen sir
81.	what s that you saucy young rascal
82.	oh for me to pick it up agen sir
83.	fetch me my lance john finney
84.	fetch it yerself sir
85.	what s that you saucy young rascal
86.	oh i fetch it sir
87.	what s throw it down there for
88.	ah for thee to pick it up agen sir
89.	what s that you saucy young rascal
90.	ah for me to pick it up again sir
91.	fetch me my pinchers john finney
92.	fetch them yerself sir
93.	what s that you saucy young rascal
94.	oh i fetch them sir
95.	what s throw them down there for
96.	ah for thee to pick them up agen sir
97.	what s that you saucy young rascal
98.	oh for me to pick them up agen sir
99.	fetch me one of the strongest hosses you ve got in yer team
100.	fetch um yerself sir
101.	what s that you saucy young rascal
102.	oh i ll fetch him sir
103.	woa woa woa woa woa woa
104.	you call that the strongest hoss you ve got in the team
105.	that s him sir
106.	hold him tight then john finney
107.	hold him yerself
108.	what s that you saucy young rascal
109.	oh i ve got him sir fast by the tail
110.	hold him fast then
111.	now boys a long pull short pull pull all together boys
112.	oh we ve got him this time john finney
113.	ladies and gentlemen all
114.	this large wolf s tooth has been growing in this man s head
115.	ninety nine years before his great grandmother was born
116.	if it had n t have been taken out to day
117.	he would have died yesterday
118.	i ve a little bottle by my side called eelgumpane	i ve a little bottle in the waistband of my pants called hocus pocus pic and pin
119.	one spot on the roof of this man s tongue another on his tooth
120.	will quickly bring him to life again
121.	rise up bold fellow and fight again	arise dead man and fight again
122.	peace peace peace
123.	walk in beelzebub
124.	in comes i old belzebub	here come i beelzebub
125.	and on my back i carries my dub	and on my shoulder i carry my club
126.	and in my hand the dripping pan	and in my hand a old dripping pan
127.	i thinks myself a jolly old man	and i prove myself a jolly old man
128.	round hole black as a coal
129.	long tail and little hole
130.	i went up a straight crooked lane
131.	i met a bark and he dogged at me
132.	i went to the stick and cut a hedge
133.	gave him a rallier over the yud jud killed him
134.	round stout stiff and bold from lancashire i came
135.	if doctor has n t done his part john finney wins the game
136.	last christmas night i turned the spit
137.	i burnt me finger and felt it itch
138.	the sparks flew over the table
139.	the pot lid kicked the ladle
140.	up jumped spit jack
141.	like a mansion man
142.	swore he d fight the dripping pan
143.	with his long tail
144.	swore he d send them all to jail
145.	in comes the grid iron if you can t agree
146.	i m the justice bring um to me
147.	as i was going along as i was standing still
148.	i saw a wooden church built on a wooden hill
149.	nineteen leather bells a going without a clapper
150.	that made me wonder what was the matter
151.	i went on a bit further
152.	i came to king charles up a cast iron pear tree
153.	he asked i the way to get down
154.	i said put thee feet in the stirrup iron
155.	and pitchee poll headfust into a marl pit
156.	where ninety nine parish churches had been dug out
157.	besides a few odd villages
158.	i went on a bit further
159.	i came to a little big house
160.	i knocked at the door and the maid fell out
161.	she asked if i could eat a cup of her cider
162.	and drink a hard crust of her bread and cheese
163.	i said no thanks yes if yer please
164.	so i picked up me latters and went me ways
165.	i went on a bit further
166.	i came to two old women winnowing butter
167.	that made me mum mum mummer and stutter
168.	i went on a little bit further
169.	i came to two little whipper snappers thrashing canary seeds
170.	one gave a hard cut the tother gen a driving cut
171.	cut a sid through a wall nine foot wide
172.	killed a little jed dog tother side
173.	i went of the morroe about nine days after
174.	picks up this little jied dog
175.	romes my arm down his throat
176.	turned him inside outards
177.	sent him down buckle street barking ninety miles long
178.	and i followed after him
179.	now my lads we ve come to the land of plenty
180.	rost stones plum puddings
181.	houses thatched with pancakes
182.	and little pigs running about
183.	with knives and forks stuck in their backs
184.	crying who ll eat me who ll eat me
185.	walk in clever legs
186.	in comes i ain t been hit	here come i that didn t come yet
187.	with me big hump and little wit	with my big head and my little wit
188.	me chump s so big me wit s so small	my head is big and my wit is small
189.	but i can play you a tune to please yer all
190.	what tune s that then
191.	one of our old favourites tunes
192.	ran tan tinder box cat in the fiddle bag jonnie up up the orchard
193.	let s have him the
194.	if this old frying pan had but a tongue
195.	he d say chuck in yer money and think it no wrong

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Christmas Mummers' Play from Weston-sub-Edge, Glos. - 1864versusBoys' play from Braganstown - 1890

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Christmas Mummers' Play from Weston-sub-Edge, Glos. - 1864
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Boys' play from Braganstown - 1890