Derby Ram lyrics

As I was going to Derby, 'twas on a market day,

I met the finest ram, sirs, that ever was fed upon hay.

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That's a lie, that's a lie

That's a lie, a lie, a lie!

This ram and I got drunk, sir, as drunk as drunk could

be,

And when we sobered up, sir, we were far away out

on the sea.

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This wonderful old ram, sir, was playful as a kid;

He swallowed the captain's spyglass along with the

bo'sun's fid.

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One morning on the poop, sir, afore eight bells was

struck.

He climbed up to the sky's I yard an' sat down on the truck.

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This wonderful ol' ram, sir, he tried a silly trick,

He tried to jump a five-barred fence and landed in a

rick.

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This wonderful ol' ram, sir, it grew two horns of brass,

One grew out o' his shoulder blade, t'other turned into

a mast.

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An' when this ram was killed, sir, the butcher was

covered in blood.

Five and twenty butcher boys was carried away the

flood.

(Chorus) An' when this ram was dead, sir, they buried it in St.

Joan's,

It took ten men an' an elephant to carry one of its

bones.

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