Kirmington Plough-Jags (Jacks) Play- (Linc) pre-1916 Tiddy
[Excerpt from R.J.E. Tiddy's "The Mummers' Play" Oxford, University Press, 1923, pp. 254-257. According to Greig: "This particular play seems to have been added to Tiddy's collection by Rupert Thomson, who edited the book for publication after the author was killed in action on August 10th, 1916."
R. Matteson 2017]
Lady (sings)
[music]
I am a lady bright and fair
My fortune is my charm
It's true that I've been torn away
From my dear lover's arms
He promised for to marry me
And that you'll understand,
He listed for a soldier,
And went to foreign land.
Bold Tom: In comes I Bold Tom
A brisk and nimble fellow
Forty gallons of your best ale
Will make me nice and mellow
And a slice of your pork pie
For, believe me, we're all hungry
As well as dry.
Lame Jane: In comes I, old Lame Jane
With a neck as long as a crane
A wig behind and a wig before
Look out my lads,
Fool (sings) And I'll sweep the floor.
[music]
Madam I've got gold and silver,
Madam I've got house and land,
Madam, I've got wealth and treasure
Everything at your command.
Lady (sings)
What care I for your gold and silver,
What care I for your house and land,
What care I for your wealth and treasure,
All I want is a nice young man.