The Derby Ram lyrics

As I was going to Derby all on a market day,

I met the biggest ram, my boys,

that ever was fed on hay.

CHORUS (after each verse but the last):

And indeed, my lads, it's true, my lads,

I never was known to lie

And if you'd been in Derby,

you'd seen him the same as I.

He had four feet to walk upon,

he had four feet to stand,

And every foot that he sat down,

it covered an acre of land.

The horns that grew on this ram's head,

they grew so very long,

And every time he shook his head

they rattled against the sun.

The wool on this ram's back, my boys,

it grew so very high,

The eagles came and built their nests

and I heard the young 'uns cry.

The man that fed this ram, my lads,

he fed him twice a day,

And every time he opened his mouth,

he swallowed a rick of hay.

This ram he had two horns, my lads,

that reached up to the moon,

A little boy went up in January

and he didn't get back till June.

Now this old ram, he had a tail

that reached right down to hell,

And every time he waggled it

he rung the old church bell.

The butcher that stuck this ram,

my lads, was up to knees in blood,

And the little boy who held

the bowl was carried away by the flood.

Now all the men in Derby

came a-begging for his eyes,

To pound up and down the Derby streets

for they were of a football's size.

Took all the boys in Derby

to carry away his bones,

Took all the girls in Derby

to roll away his … that's a lie.

Now the man that fattened this ram,

my boys, he must have been very rich,

And the man who sung this song

must be a lying son of a …br

/> So now my song is ended,

I've nothing more to say,

But give us another pint of beer

and we'll all of us go away.

• Artist:A.L. Lloyd