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Put it in a mouse's blether, 

 Steer it with a cat's f ether ; 

 A drop of it will cure the dead. 



[Some of the medicine administered to Slasher 

 Hector : Get up, old Bob, and sing a song. 



[SiLXSHEVt, jumps UJ). 

 Slasher: Once I was dead and now I'm alive ; 



God bless the old Doctor that made me survive. 



Beelzebub comes forward. 



Beelzebub : Here comes I, old Beelzebub, 



And over my shoulder I carry my clogs, 

 And in my hand a frying-pan ; 

 So don't you think I'm a jolly old man 1 

 And if you think I am cutting it fat, 

 Just pop a penny in the old man's hat. 



217. Another version : — 



Hector, Slasher, the Doctor, Johnny Funny. 



Hector : Here comes I, bold Hector ; 



Bold Hector is my name ; 



A sword and buckler by my side. 



And I'm sure to win the game. 



Here comes I, bold Slasher ; 



Bold Slasher is my name ; 



A sword and buckler by my side, 



And I shall win the game. 



You, sir ! 



I, sir! 



Take out your sword and try, sir ! 



[The t^vofght, and Hkctor falls. 

 Slasher : Oh dear ! Oh dear ! what's this I've done 1 



I've killed my brothers all but one. 



A doctor, a doctor, ten pounds for a doctor ! 



The Doctor enters. 

 Doctor : Here comes I, old Doctor Brown, 

 The best old Doctor in the town. 

 Slasher : What diseases can you cure ? 

 Doctor : All diseases, to be sure — 



Gout, skout, bully gout, and the carvey. 



[Administers medicine to Hector. 

 Rouse up, sir ; sing us a song. 



Hector rises. 

 Once I was dead, and now I'm alive ; 

 God bless the Doctor that made me survive ; 

 Up and down the mountains, underneath the ground, 

 Eating bread and biscuits all the year round. 



Johnny Funny enters. 

 Johnny Funny : Here comes I, wee Johnny Funny, 



The very wee boy to gather the money ; 



Pouches down to my knees, 



And I'm the boy to gather the bawbees. 



Slasher . 



Hector : 

 Slasher 

 Hector . 



Slasher 

 Hector : 



