Way, way back in 1985, a Rag Song was written. The tune chosen was the same tune used for a huge song family, all based on the tune ‘Villikins and his Dinah‘.

The Rag Morris Song
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A is for ‘anging around at the start
B ‘s for the best, which we certainly aren’t
C all the cock-ups we constantly make
D is the dancing we do by mistake

CHORUS:
Sing terribly, So dreadful are we!
No morris on earth like the Rag company
We play and we caper for all we are worth
And the Morris Ring say we’re like nothing on earth

E…ase in our dances is not ever found
F‘s what they swear when we pass the hat round
G‘s what American tourists all say
and H are the hankies to wipe tears away

CHORUS

I is the thing we poke out with a stick
J is gyp spelt wrong – that’s how we dance it
L is the love that we’re all dancing for
but M is the money, so give us some more

CHORUS

N is for nobody watching us dance
O is the figure in our bank balance
P is the people in the pub where we play
you can bet they’re all Q-ing at a bar miles away

CHORUS

R is the rain when we’re dancing outside
S is the ‘snug’ where the audience hide
T‘s all they give you at charity dos
U can bet that it’s tepid, it’s sweet and it’s stewed

CHORUS

V is the vigour with which we all prance
Doubles you up by the thirty-first dance
X-perimental’s when all’s gone astray
and “Y do we do it?” is what we all say

CHORUS

Z is the usual end of the song
– but we missed out ‘K’ so we got it all wrong
So if you think that the Rag Morris singing should stop,
Just wait ’til we’ve danced and you’ll wish we had not!