P.T.Millington Collection (1971, H.Clark)
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BLIDWORTH PLOUGH MONDAY PLAY
Contributed by Harry Clark, Lynden, New Lane, Blidworth, on 28/5/71 ti
Peter T. Millington.
FIRST MAN
In comes I, never been before,
So many actors standing at the door.
Some can dance and some can sing,
At your consent they they'll all walk in.
SECOND MAH (Carrying a big stick and a frylng pan)
In comes I Betsy Bellzebub,
In my hand I carry a club,,
In the other a frying pan,
To catch all tbe money I can.
THIRD MAN
In comes I Jack Steel,
My body's made of brass,
My belly's made of steel.
No man can make me feel.
SECOND MAN (Or possibly a fourth)
I can make you feel.
THIRD MAN
You can't.
(Third man is prodded and killed by tbe second man)
FIRST MAN
Five pounds foe a doctor,
Ten pounds to stop away.
DOCTOR (Dressed like a doctor)
In comes I the doctor.
FIRST MAN
How did you become a doctor?
DOCTOR
I travelled for it.
FIRST MAN
Where did you travel?
England, Ireland, Scotlarnd, Wales.
I went to York and cured Old Mother Cork.
She fell upstairs backwards,
And made her stocking bleed.
FIRST MAN
What can you cure?
Ipsy, Pipsy, palsy gout,
Palns within and pains without.
FIRST MAN
Can you cure this men then
(Doctor examines the third man)
DOCTOR
He's swallowed a horse and cart,
And can't get shut of the wheels.
(He takes out a bottle of water)
DOCTOR
He wants a drop of my Tiff-Taff,
Then he'll be right again
(Doctor lifts up the third man singing:-)
Rise me lads it's time for listing, listing do not be affrald,
You will find all kinds of ribbons, likewise kiss the pretty maid.
(All sing)
Good master and good mistres, as you sit by the fire.
Remember us poor plough boys, A moor, a moor, a mire,
A moor, a moor, a mire, A moor, a moor, a mire.
Put what you like in our box, And a Jug of your best beer.
NOTES:- Mr. Clark never performed the play, but his friends did. He
probably only heard it a couple of times, being able to recount it due
to a remarkable memory, and a descriminatiug mlnd, responding only to
prompts about parts in the play he saw. When tbey came to his house,
the door went ajar, and someone shouted, "Do you want us." His mother
said yes and the first man came in to start the play. The area they
had to perform in was about three feet by five feet, one of the
consequences being that when the third man fell, he had a look round
first to make Sure he did not fall against anything,
In this play all traces of recruiting-marriage sequence is lost,
exept in the song at the end, on the other hand it also lacks the fight
of a Guyser-type play, although this may have been due to lack of
elbow room. |
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