Derby Ram

Derby Ram

Roud number 126

Sung by Charlie Wills, Ryall, Dorset; collected by Peter Kennedy in Bridport, Dorset, 19th Oct 1952. Also recorded in Ryall, Dorset by Bill Leader, Jan 1971.

Recording LEA 4041 first released 1972.

1. When I went up to London town
   Upon a market day
   The finest ram which I did see
   Was ever fed by hay
   To my hi-diddle-um derby
   Hi-dinkum day
   Hi-diddle-um derby,
   Upon a market day
   
   
2. His horns growed on his head sir
   They growed so high and tall
   A man went up in January
   And never got back till June
   To my hi-diddle-um derby etc.
   
   
3. The wool growed on his back sir
   It growed so thick and round
   If you believe my story sir
   It covered nine acres of ground
   To my hi-diddle-um derby etc.
   
   
4. The butcher that killed the ram sir
   Was up to his knees in blood
   There was five and twenty butcher boys
   Got washed away in the flood
   To my hi-diddle-um derby etc.
   
   
5. Took all the dogs in England
   To pull away his bones
   And all the women in in England
   To roll away his pendilums
   To my hi-diddle-um derby etc.
   
   
6. The man that sold the ram sir
   He must have been very rich
   And the fellow that sings the song sir
   Is the lying son of a bitch
   To my hi-diddle-um derby etc.