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His jaws "were sold to a Methodist parson for a pulpit 

 to preach in." In a note Jewitt tells us that another version 

 of the ballad ends with the lines : — 



And if you go to Derby, sir, 

 You may eat a bit of the pie.i 



We may compare the Castleton version with one or two 

 others. At Handsworth Woodhouse (in Yorkshire), near Shef- 

 field, a real sheep's head is put on the top of the sack, and the 

 boy inside the sack walks on his hands and legs so as to look 

 like a sheep. The butcher pretends to kill the tup, and his 

 servant holds a basin to catch the blood, as at Castleton. Here 

 six boys go round performing the old tup. They are : — 

 (i) The old tup. 



(2) A butcher. 



(3) A boy carrying a basin. 



(4) A boy called " Little Devil Dout," carrying a broom. 



(5) A clown. 



(6) A collector. 



They sing the same air as at Castleton, and the following 

 lines : — 



As I was going to Derby 



Upon a market day, 

 I met the finest topsie 

 That ever was fed on hay. 

 Yea, lads, yea, lads, 

 Jollyfull lay, lay, lay. 



After the boys have sung what they remember of the ballad, 

 the one with the broom sweeps the ground, and says : — 



Here's little Devil Dout, to sweep you all out ; 

 Money I want, and money I'll have ; 

 If you don't gi^■e us money to feed the old tup. 

 He will no longer be able to stand up. 



After this the collector goes round with a hat collecting 

 money. 



^ Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire, 1867. 

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