Plough Monday fragment from Winterton - 1901

{The introductory speech of the clown given below differs from the that in the above dialogue [Hibalstow]. It was copied by Miss Mina Fowler from the version of a village boy at Winterton, but the rest of the "ditties" have yet to be collected.}

[Tomfool]

In comes I, ohs [I've?] never been before,
With my big head and my little wit.
If my head be big and my wit be small
I'l act Tomfool among you all.
Ah, Ah, Ah, you and me,
Little brown juden [jug?], I love thee.
If I had a cow that gave such milk
I'll clothe her in the richest silk.
I'll feed her on the best of hay,
And milk her forty times a day.
In comes I, hungry and dry,
Please will you give us a bit of pork-pie.

{The request which concludes this speech smacks of the soil, for pork-pie is a favourite dish among high and low in the county of Tennyson and Newton, where "pig-meat" is held in great esteem.}