Mummers Song

C D G G Don't seem like Christmas if the Mummers aren't here C G A D Granny would say as she'd knit in her chair G Things have gone modern, I 'spose that's the cause C D G Christmas is not like it was N.C. (knock, knock, knock) Any Mummers 'lowed in? G Hark what's the noise, out by the porch door C G A D Granny 'tis mummers theres 20 or more G Her old weathered face lightens up with a grin C D G Any Mummers nice Mummers 'lowed in? G Come in lovely Mummers don't bother the snow C G A D We can wipe up the water sure after you go G Sit if you can or on some Mummer's knee C D G Lets see if we know who ya be D G There's big ones 'n tall ones 'n small ones 'n thin A D Boys dressed as women and girls dressed as men G Humps on their backs an mitts on their feet C D G My blessed we'll die with the heat G There's only one there I think that I know C G A D That tall feller standing o'er long side the stove G He's shakin' his fist for to make me not tell C D G Must be Billy from out on the hill G Now that one's a stranger if there ever was one. C G A D With his underwear stuffed and his trap door undone. G Is he wearin' his mother's big 42 bra.? C D G I knows but I'm not gonna say. D G Don't 'spose you fine Mummers will turn down a drop A D No home brew, nor alchy whatever you got G Now the one with his rubber boots on the wrong feet C D G He's had enough for to do him a week G 'Spose you can dance, yes they all nods their heads C G A D They've been tappin' their feet ever since they came in G Now that the drinks have been all passed around C D G The Mummers are plankin' her down G Hold on to the lamp and be careful the stove C G A D Don't swing Granny hard for you know that she's old G No need for to care how you buckles the floor C D G 'Cause Mummers have danced here before D G My God how hot is it, we better go A D I 'low we'll all get the devil's own cold G Good night and good Christmas, Mummers me dears C D G Please god we will see you next year. G Good night and good Christmas, Mummers me dears C D G Please god we will see you next year.