We will go and tell the Queen, Go and tell the Queen of Barbaree. Don’t care for the Queen, don’t care for the Queen, The Queen of Barbaree. Good morning, young Queen, good morning, young Queen, I have a complaint to thee. Pray what is your complaint to me? They won’t surrender, they won’t surrender The Tower of Barbaree. Take one of my brave soldiers. —Lady Camilla Gurdon’s _Suffolk County Folk-lore_, p. 63. IV. You must surrend’ me, you must surrend’ me To the Queen of Barbaloo. No, we’ll not surrend’ you, no, we’ll not surrend’ you To the Queen of Barbaloo. We’ll complain, we’ll complain, &c. [To the Queen of Barbaloo.] You can complain, you can complain, &c. [To the Queen of Barbaloo.] —Penzance (Mrs. Mabbott). (_b_) Two children stand together joining hands tightly, to personate a fortress; one child stands at a distance from these to personate the King of Barbarie, with other children standing behind to personate the soldiers (fig. 1). Some of the soldiers go to the fortress and surround it, singing the first verse (fig. 2). The children in the fortress reply, the four first verses being thus sung alternately. The soldiers then go to the King singing the fifth verse (fig. 3), the remaining verses being thus sung alternately. One of the soldiers then goes to the fortress and endeavours by throwing herself on the clasped hands of the children forming the fortress to break down the guard (fig. 4). All the soldiers try to do this, one after the other; finally the King comes, who breaks down the guard. The whole troop of soldiers then burst through the parted arms (fig. 5). [Illustration: Fig. 1.] [Illustration: Fig. 2.] [Illustration: Fig. 3.] [Illustration: Fig. 4.] [Illustration: Fig. 5.] This is the Deptford version. The Clapham version is almost identical; the children take hold of each others’ skirts and make a long line. If the brave soldier is not able to break the clasped hands he goes to the end of the line of soldiers. The soldiers do not surround the fortress. In the Suffolk version the soldiers try to break through the girls’ hands. If they do they have the tower. The Cornwall version is not so completely an illustration of the capture of a fortress. Barley-break [Illustration: Fig. 1.] [Illustration: Fig. 2.] [Illustration: Fig. 3.]