The Derby Ram Songtext
von The Watersons

As I was going to Derby
All on the market day
I′ve spied the biggest ram, sir
That ever was fed on hay

Lay lum lay lum pitiful lay lum lay

This tup was fat behind, sir
This tup was fat before
This tup was nine feet round, sir
If not a little more

Lay lum lay lum pitiful lay lum lay

And the horns that on this tup they grew
Well, they reached up to the sky
The eagles made their nests within
You could hear the young ones cry

Lay lum lay lum pitiful lay lum lay

Yes, the horns that on this tup they grew
Well, they reached up to the moon
A little boy went up in January
And he never got back til June


Lay lum lay lum pitiful lay lum lay

And all the men of Derby
Come begging for his tail
To ring St George's passing bell
From the top of Derby Jail

Lay lum lay lum pitiful lay lum lay

And all the women of Derby
Come begging for his ears
To make them leather aprons
To last them forty years

Lay lum lay lum pitiful lay lum lay

And all the boys of Derby
Come begging for his eyes
To make themselves some footballs
Cause they were of football size

Lay lum lay lum pitiful lay lum lay

Took all the men of Derby
To carry away his bones
Took all the women of Derby
To roll away his stones


Lay lum lay lum pitiful lay lum lay

And now me story′s over
And I have no more to say
Please give us all a New Year's box
And we will go away

Lay lum lay lum pitiful lay lum lay