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SILLYSIMON

APlayforClass3(orendof2)basedontheEnglishFolkTale

Characters

SimonButcherWoodcutter

HisMotherThreeSuitors:Manwiththedonkey

TheRichManIckles,Eccles,OcklesPigs

HisDaughterFarmerCows

DoctorsCowherdChickensandhens

TownCrierFarmer’sWifeDonkeys

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CHORUS:

Longagoandfaraway–

Itwasn’there,itwasn’ttoday–

Simonearnedsilverandheearnedgold,

Listenandlook!Thestoryistold.

THERICHMAN:

Doctors,mydaughterisdumb,

Shecannotspeaknorhum!

WhatshallIdo?

Ibeghelpofyou.

DOCTORSwhisperamongthemselves,thengetnoisierandnoisier:

Yes!–No!Yes!–No!–Yes!–No!–Yes!intotalconfusion,thenunisono:

Findaboyorman,

Onewhocan

Makeherlaughforjoy!

Findthatmanorboy.

TOWNCRIER:

Listen,listenwell,

WhileIringmybell!

Listen,listenwell,

WhileIringmybell!

Ifanyman,beheyoungorold,

Canmakeasadgirllaughforjoy,

Abagofsilverandabagofgold

Shallbehisown,behemanorboy!

Listen,listenwell...

CHORUS:

Thesuitorscame;therewereninety-nineandmore,

Buttherichman’sdaughtersentthemtothedoor.

ICKLES:

Laughatme!Nowdon’tyoufrown!

I’maveryfannyclown.RichMan’sDaughterpointstothedoor.

ECCLES:

Look,mytricksaresuchgreatfun,

Yououghttolaughateveryone!RichMan’sDaughterpointstothedoor.

OCKLES:

Watch,I’llmakemyeyebrowswiggle,

That’llmakeyoulaughandgiggle!RichMan’sDaughterpointstothedoor.

CHORUS:

Faraway,inahutsosmall

Therelivedapoorwomanwhohadason.

Hewasnotsmall,hewasnottall,

Hedidn’tliketoworkatall:

Andsohisjobswereneverdone.