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320 Indiana University Publications, Folklore Series
THE DERBY RAM
Sung by Miss Hopkins; noted by Miss Wilkin
3.   The sheep he had two horns, sir,
That reached up to the moon ; A man went up in February
And never got back till June.
4.   The man that sheared the sheep, sir,
Declared there was no doubt But that the fleece would make Ten thousand yards of cloth.
5.   The man that butchered the sheep, sir,
Was strangled in the blood, And all the men in Ireland
Were drownded in the flood.
6.   And if you don't believe me, sir,
And think I tell a lie, Why, just go down to Derby town And see as well as L