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 and we'll have mutton without delay.

The prieſt he has got a good fat wedder,

as ever was fed on corn or graſs;

I've got ſome crumbs of bread in my pocket

I'liI'll [sic] wyle the wedder into the houſe.

We will put on the mucklę kettle,

and ſticks below't to make it boil:

And we will kill the minister's Wedder,

and well lave mutton without any toil.

The little wee boy goes to the wood,

and ay ſo merrily as he ſang:

My father has killed the miniſter's wedder,

I would not tell this to any man.

The miniſter being in the wood,

leaning his back againſt an oak;

If you'll ſing me that ſong in the church,

I'll give you a crown and a new coat.

The morrow it being Chriſtmas day,

the miniſter he muſt be there;

The people all flocked to the church,

juſt as they'd been going to a fair,

The miniſter's gone to the church,

the congregation for to view,

There'll be a boy here in a little,

will ſing a ſong, which will be true.