1.   As I was going to Derby, 
          Upon a market day,
           I saw the biggest ram, sir, 
          That ever was fed with hay,
          That ever was fed with hay.

     2.   And if you think "not so," sir, 
          If you should think I lie,
          Oh you go down to Derby, sir, 
          And you'll see same as I,
          And you'll see same as I.

     3.   The ram that was in Derby, 
          As all have heard it said,
          He was the biggest ram, sir, 
          That ever wore a head,
          That ever wore a head.

     4.   The ram was fat behind, sir, 
          The ram was fat before,
          He measured ten yards round, sir, 
          I think it was no more,
          I think it was no more.

     5.   The ram he had four feet, sir, 
          He had four feet to stand,
          And every track he made, sir, 
          It covered an acre of land,
          It covered an acre of land.

     6.   The wool grew on his back, sir, 
          It reach-ed to the sky,
          And there the eagle's built their nests, 
          I heard the young one's cry,
          I heard the young one's cry.

     7.   The wool grew on his belly, sir, 
          It reach-ed to the ground,
          It was sold in Derby Town, sir, 
          For forty thousand pound,
          For forty thousand pound.

     8.   The wool on this ram's flanks, sir, 
          It drag-ged on the ground,
          The Devil cut it off, sir, 
          To make himself a gown,
          To make himself a gown.

     9.   The wool upon his tail, sir, 
          Filled more than fifty bags,
          You'd better keep away, sir, 
          When that tail shakes and wags,
          When that tail shakes and wags.

     10.  The wool upon his tail, sir, 
          Was very fine and thin,
          Took all the girls of Derby Town, 
          Full seven years to spin,
          Full seven years to spin.

     11.  The ram it had a horn, sir, 
          That reach-ed to the moon,
          A man went up in December, 
          And never came down till June,
          And never came down till June.

     12.  The space between his horns, sir, 
          'Twas more than a man could reach,
          And there they built a pulpit, sir, 
          The parson there to preach,
          The parson there to preach.

13.  The ram it had a tail, sir, 
          Most wonderful to tell,
          It reached across to Ireland, sir, 
          And rang St. Patrick's bell,
          And rang St. Patrick's bell.
 
 

          14.  And when they fed this ram, sir, 
          They fed him twice a day,
          And every time they fed him, sir, 
          He ate a ton of hay,
          He ate a ton of hay.

     15.  And when they watered this ram, sir, 
          They watered him twice a day,
          And every time they watered him, sir, 
          He drank the creek away,
          He drank the creek away.

     16.  And he who killed the ram, sir, 
          Was drown-ed in the blood,
          And he who held the dish, sir, 
          Was carried away in the flood,
          Was carried away in the flood.

     17.  The blood flowed from the ram, sir, 
          It flowed for many a mile,
          It turned the wheel of a mill, sir, 
          That hadn't been turned in a while,
          That hadn't been turned in a while.

     18.  The blood ran forty miles, sir,
          They say it was no more,
          The water-wheels turned fast, sir,
          It made the mill-stones roar,
          It made the mill-stones roar. 

     19.  And all the boys in Derby, sir,
          Came begging for his eyes,
          To kick about the street, sir,
          As any good football flies,
          As any good football flies.

     20.  The first tooth in his head, sir,
          It made a hunter's horn,
          The next tooth in his head, sir,
          It held a bushel of corn,
          It held a bushel of corn.

     21.  The mutton from the ram, sir,
          It gave the whole army meat,
          And what was left I'm told, sir,
          Was served up to the fleet,
          Was served up to the fleet.

     22.  Indeed, it is the truth, sir,
          I never was taught to lie,
          And if you go to Derby, sir,
          You may eat a bit of the pie,
          You may eat a bit of the pie.

     23.  And if you don't believe me, sir,
          And think I do not know,
          Then you go down to Derby, sir,
          And see if it isn't so,
          And see if it isn't so.

     24.  The man that owned this ram, sir,
          Was counted very rich,
          But the one that made this song, sir,
          Was a lying son of a witch,
          Was a lying son of a witch.