The Derby Ram (4)
There was a ram of Derbyshire
That had two horns of brass,
The one grew out of his head, sir
The other grew out of his ____.
When the ram was young, sir
It had a nasty trick,
Of jumping over a five-barred gate
And landing on his ____
When the ram was old, sir
They put it in a truck.
And all the girls of Derbyshire
Came out to have a ___
When the ram was dead, sir,
They buried it in St. Paul's.
It took twelve men and a donkey cart
To carry away its ___
The man that owned this ram, sir
He was very rich.
But the man who sang this song, sir
Is a lying son-of-a-___
Note:
A servicible chorus is the one often put to the sanitized
version:
cho: And indeed, sir, and it's true, sir
I never was given to lie.
Just ask the girls of Derbyshire
They'll tell you the same as I.
First four verses from Why Was He Born So Beautiful (Rugby
Songs)
DT #312
AJS, RG
Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!