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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.
