The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland Volume Ii Part 74

Will you give us of your wine, &c.

Take one quart and go your way, &c.

One quart is not enough for us, &c.

Take two quarts and go your way, &c.

[Continue up to six quarts, then-]

 

Pray, what sort of men are you? &c.

We are all King George's men, &c.

Are you ready for a fight? &c.

Yes, we're ready for a fight, &c.

-Forest of Dean (Miss Matthews).

XV. I will fetch you a pint of beer, He I over; I will fetch you a pint of beer, Whether we are drunk or sober.

I will fetch you a quart of beer, He I over; I will fetch you a quart of beer, Whether we are drunk or sober.

I will fetch you two quarts of beer, &c.

I will fetch you three quarts of beer, &c.

I will fetch you a gallon of beer, &c.

I will fetch you a barrel of beer, &c.

I will fetch the old police, &c.

Are you ready for a fight, &c.

-Earls Heaton (H. Hardy)

[Another variant from Earls Heaton is:-]

Have you got a bottle of gin?

He I over; Have you got a bottle of gin, As in that golden story?

-(H. Hardy).

XVI. Have you any bread and wine, Bread and wine, bread and wine?

Have you any bread and wine?

Cam a teerie, arrie ma torry.

Yes, we have some bread and wine, Bread and wine, bread and wine; Yes, we have some bread and wine, Cam a teerie, arrie ma torry.

We shall have one gla.s.s of it, &c.

One gla.s.s of it you shall not get, &c.

We are King George's loyal men, Loyal men, loyal men; We are King George's loyal men, Cam a teerie, arrie ma torry.

What care we for King George's men, King George's men, King George's men; What care we for King George's men, Cam a teerie, arrie ma torry.

-_People's Friend_, quoted in a review of "Arbroath: Past and Present,"

by J. M. M'Bain.

XVII. We shall have one gla.s.s of wine, We are the robbers; We shall have one gla.s.s of wine, For we are the gallant soldiers.

You shall have no gla.s.s of wine, We are the robbers; You shall have no gla.s.s of wine, For we are the gallant soldiers.

We shall have two gla.s.ses of it, &c.

You shall have no gla.s.s of it, &c.

We will break your tumblers, then, &c.

We shall send for the policeman, &c.

What care we for the policeman, &c.

We shall send for the red coat men, &c.

What care we for the red coat men, &c.

We shall send for the blue coat men, &c.

What care we for the blue coat men, &c.

We shall send for the magistrate, &c.

What care we for the magistrate, &c.

We shall send for Cripple d.i.c.k, &c.

What care we for Cripple d.i.c.k, &c.

We shall have a battle then, &c.

Yonder is a battle field, &c.

-Laurieston School, Kirkcudbright (J. Lawson).

XVIII. Here comes three dukes a-riding, a-riding, a-riding; Here comes three dukes a-riding, a-riding, a-riding; My fair ladies.