Coleby Plough-Jag- M.C. Ogg (Linc) 1974

Coleby Plough-Jag- M.C. Ogg (Linc) 1974

[Excerpt from reconstructed version by M.C. Ogg from information by Mr Roly Redhead of Burton on Stather and Mr Arthur Gelder of Alkboro' Lane.

R. Matteson 2017]


HATMAN:    (Sings)
Now Madam I desire to know if I do be the man,
the pleasing of your fancy I'll do the best I can,
for I have gold and silver, and I have house and land.
With rings and jewels to stand at your command.

LADY:    (Sings)
What care I for your jewels or yet your house and land,
What care I for your gold in store or silks from far off lands?
Kind sir you must be joking for you are not the one,
the one I'm seeking is a jolly handsome man.

RAGFOOL:    (Sings)
A handsome man he won't detain you
for his beauty ne'er fades away,    
unlike the rose that blooms in summer
and in winter will decay,

so this fair maid has spoken and fairly took her chance,
so we'll have music,
Please let's have some music and we shall dance.