| Doctor | Very well. Horse! |
| (Doctor charges at horse to mount. Both fall.) | |
| King | Doctor, is that the least you will take? |
| Doctor | I’ll throw off the oats for the horse |
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King |
Very well, you must try your skills. |
| (Doctor walks to body facing head to examine it.) | |
| Doctor | Dead!? |
| (Body
kicks doctor in bottom. Doctor turns round to examine feet and body wacks
Doctor’s bottom with rolled up newspaper. Doctor takes out his
stethoscope and places on Body's accordion. Body plays Dead March.) |
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| Doctor | He’s dead, but he has a raging pulse! |
| Clown | How can a dead man have a raging pulse? |
| Doctor | I must give him physic! (Takes pill from bag, and puts in Body’s mouth.) |
| Clown | Giving a dead man physic? |
| (Body
blows pill into air, Doctor catches it in his hat.) |
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| King | Doctor, he’s a long time coming back to life! |
| Clown | I’ll bring him back to life. |
| (Clown
stands at feet of body, dancers in line to rear pointing swords at body.
Everyone serious. Clown draws sword along body head to feet. Returns sword
to head and as he raises it body and other swords rise.) |
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| Body | Good
evening (morning) gentlefolk. A' sleeping I have been. I’ve had such a sleep. The like was never seen. But now that I am awake And alive unto this day. The dancers shall have their dance. And the Doctor shall have his pay. |
| (Dance commences, Clown and Doctor collect fee. When lock Is tied dancers process off followed by Doctor, Clown and Musician.) | |
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Copyright of Monkseaton Morrismen and Folk Dance Club |
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