Now ladies and gentlemen
Give us at your ease,
Give Christmas pies
Or what you please.
Enter Beelzebub.[1]
Here comes I, Beelzebub,
On my shoulder I carry my club,
In my hand a dripping pan.
Please to give us all you can. [Collects money.
Enter Big Head.
In comes I, Big Head and Little Wits,
My head's so big, and my wits so small,
I'll sing a song to please you all.
Sings.
There was an old man came over the sea,
A ha, but I won't have him!
Came over the sea to marry me;
And his old gray noddle, his old gray noddle,
His old gray noddle kept shaking.
My mother she told me to open the door,
A ha, but I won't have him!
I opened the door, and he fell on the floor;
And his old gray noddle, his old gray noddle,
His old gray noddle kept shaking.
My mother she told me to get him a chair,
A ha, but I won't have him!
I got him a chair, and he sat like a bear.
And his old gray noddle, his old gray noddle,
His old gray noddle kept shaking.
My mother she told me to make him some toast,
- ↑ Rugby version has this instead of Beelzebub
Enter Sweep.
In comes I, little Johnny Sweep,
All the money I earn I mean to keep.
Money I'll have, if you don't give
Any money, I'll sweep you all out.
