The Derby Ram-A.L. Lloyd

[ti:The Derby Ram] [ar:A.L. Lloyd] [al:Drinking Songs of England] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Derby Ram - A.L. Lloyd [00:04.91]As I was going to derby all on a market day [00:07.42] [00:08.30]I met the biggest ram me boys that ever was fed on hay [00:11.23] [00:11.79]And indeed my lads it's true my lads I never was known to lie [00:14.93] [00:15.62]And if you'd been in derby you'd have seen him the same as I [00:18.49] [00:22.56]He had four feet to walk upon had four feet to stand [00:25.39] [00:26.06]And every foot that he set down it covered an acre land [00:29.02] [00:29.58]And indeed my lads it's true my lads I never was known to lie [00:33.26]And if you'd been in derby you'd have seen him the same as I [00:36.31] [00:40.41]The horns that grew on this ram's head they grew so very long [00:42.96] [00:43.86]And every time he shis self they rattled against the sun [00:46.44] [00:47.38]And indeed my lads it's true my lads I never was known to lie [00:51.08]And if you'd been in derby you'd have seen him the same as I [00:54.13] [00:58.16]The wool on this ram's back me boys grew so very high [01:00.86] [01:01.66]The eagles came and built their nests and I heard the young'uns cry [01:04.46] [01:05.22]And indeed my lads it's true my lads I never was known to lie [01:08.33] [01:08.86]And if you'd been in derby you'd have seen him the same as I [01:11.90] [01:15.82]The man that fed this ram me lads he fed him twice a day [01:18.64] [01:19.37]And every time he opened his mouth he swallowed a rick of hay [01:22.25] [01:22.81]And indeed my lads it's true my lads I never was known to lie [01:25.83] [01:26.61]And if you'd been in derby you'd have seen him the same as I [01:29.50] [01:33.62]This ram he had two horns me lads that reached up to the moon [01:36.41] [01:37.14]A little boy went up in January and he didn't get back till June [01:40.02] [01:40.53]And indeed my lads it's true my lads I never was known to lie [01:43.37] [01:44.30]And if you'd been in derby you'd have seen him the same as I [01:47.17] [01:51.41]Now this old ram he had a tail that reached right down to hell [01:54.38] [01:55.81]And every time he waggled it it rung the old church bell [01:58.45]And indeed my lads it's true my lads I never was known to lie [02:01.32] [02:02.10]And if you'd been in derby you'd have seen him the same as I [02:05.04] [02:09.06]The butcher that stuck this ram me lads was up to his knees in blood [02:12.51]And the little boy who held the bowl was carried away by the flood [02:15.38] [02:16.04]And indeed my lads it's true my lads I never was known to lie [02:19.05] [02:19.84]And if you'd been in derby you'd have seen him the same as I [02:23.03] [02:26.79]Now all the men in derby came a begging for his eyes [02:29.49] [02:30.42]To punt up and down the derby streets for they were of football size [02:33.82]And indeed my lads it's true my lads I never was known to lie [02:36.88] [02:37.58]And if you'd been in derby you'd have seen him the same as I [02:40.74] [02:44.50]Took all the boys in derby to carry away his bones [02:47.14] [02:48.03]Took all the girls in derby to roll away his that's a lie [02:51.61]Indeed my lads it's true my lads I never was known to lie [02:54.55] [02:55.11]And if you'd been in derby you'd have seen him the same as I [02:58.07] [03:02.03]Now the man who fattened this ram me boys he must've been very rich [03:04.91] [03:05.55]And the man who sung this song must be a lying son of a [03:08.17] [03:09.13]So now my song is ended I've nothing more to say [03:11.85] [03:12.72]But give us another pint of beer and we'll all of us go away