Ducking Stool

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Some ducking stools were mounted on wheels so that the condemned woman could be wheeled through the streets before being ducked.

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Some ducking stools were mounted on wheels so that the condemned woman could be wheeled through the streets before being ducked.
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Then wheeled directly into the drink. Nice

[cclaun]

What do we do with a Common Scold. One who won’t do as she’s told,
Voice too shrill and speaks too bold. Put her in the ducking stool.
Way Hey Up She Rises, Way Hey Up She Rises,
Way Hey Up She Rises, On the Ducking Stool.

Nagging Wife or Wayward Daughter, One who won’t do as she aught’r
Give er a dose of filthy water, on the ducking stool
Way Hey Up She Rises, Way Hey Up She Rises,
Way Hey Up She Rises, On the Ducking Stool.

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Stripped down to a ragged gown. wheel her through the streets of town.
Raise her up and plunge her down, on the ducking stool.
Way Hey Up She Rises, Way Hey Up She Rises,
Way Hey Up She Rises, On the Ducking Stool.

Raised up high and wheeled about, Crowds will gather, jeer and shout.
Hear her beg, please let her out, From the ducking stool.
Way Hey Up She Rises, Way Hey Up She Rises,
Way Hey Up She Rises, On the Ducking Stool.

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Wheel her out to the mill pond side. On the ducking stool to ride.
We’ll be sure to break her pride, on the ducking stool.
Way Hey Up She Rises, Way Hey Up She Rises,
Way Hey Up She Rises, On the Ducking Stool.

This is the way a shrew to tame. See her shiver with cold and shame.
For us it is a merry game, round the ducking stool.
Way Hey Up She Rises, Way Hey Up She Rises,
Way Hey Up She Rises, On the Ducking Stool.

[cclaun]

Stagnant water, thick as swill. The stench alone will make her ill.
That’s how we bend her to our will. On the ducking stool.
It’s Way Hey, and Down She Plunges, Way Hey and Down she Plunges
Way Hey and Down She Plunges On the Ducking Stool.

To hold her under is a pleasure. Drum beat counts a steady measure.
Slowly raise her at our leisure, on the ducking stool.
Way Hey Up She Rises, Way Hey Up She Rises,
Way Hey Up She Rises, On the Ducking Stool.

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See her cough up filthy goo. Loudly retch and gag and spew.
There is naught that she can do upon the ducking stool.
Way Hey Up She Rises, Way Hey Up She Rises,
Way Hey Up She Rises, On the Ducking Stool.

Duck her once and duck her twice, into water cold as ice.
We will make her pay the price, on the Ducking Stool.
It’s Way Hey, and Down She Plunges, Way Hey and Down she Plunges
Way Hey and Down She Plunges On the Ducking Stool.

[cclaun]

Shiv’ring in a soden gown, Laughing stock of all the Town
See her bobing Up and Down, On the Ducking Stool.
Way Hey Up She Rises, Way Hey Up She Rises,
Way Hey Up She Rises, On the Ducking Stool.

Her scrawny chest heaves as she pleads. Face all smeared with rotting weeds.
Another ducking’s what she needs, on the ducking stool.
It’s Way Hey, and Down She Plunges, Way Hey and Down she Plunges
Way Hey and Down She Plunges On the Ducking Stool.

[cclaun]

Heave up lads and raise her higher, of this sport we’ll never tire.
Now her shame must burn like fire, on the ducking stool.
Way Hey Up She Rises, Way Hey Up She Rises,
Way Hey Up She Rises, On the Ducking Stool.

Around the children dance and play. Point and jeer with voices gay. ‘Tis a merry holiday around the ducking stool.
Villagers unite in joy. Man and woman, girl and boy. They’ve been given a fine toy, tied to a ducking stool.
Way Hey Up She Rises, Way Hey down she plunges,
Way Hey hold her under, On the Ducking Stool.

[cclaun]

Round the pond we form a ring. We all belong, ‘tis a fine thing.
All but that shivering sodden thing, strapped to the ducking stool.
Standing by the mill pond side. Our joy is like a rising tide.
We’ll see her take another ride upon the ducking stool
Way hey up she rises, Way hey down she plunges
Way hey hold her under, on the ducking stool.

Loud we chant a mocking rhyme. Still the drum beats out the time.
See her spew up filthy slime, on the ducking stool.
Now she shivers in the air, water streams from her short cropped hair.
A sodden smock, she’s almost bare upon the ducking stool.
Way hey up she rises, Way hey down she plunges
Way hey hold her under, on the ducking stool.