The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 2 of 2): With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes, and Methods of Playing etc.Gomme, Alice Bertha
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The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 2 of 2): With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes, and Methods of Playing etc.
Gomme, Alice Bertha
Folklore -- Great Britain; Games -- Great Britain
Will you give us a glass of it? &c.
We will give you a glass of it, &c.
A glass of it won’t serve us all, &c.
We will give you a gallon of it, &c.
We will break all your glasses, &c.
We will tell the magistrates, &c.
What care we for the magistrates, &c.
Are you ready for a fight? &c.
Yes, we’re ready for a fight, &c.
Tuck up your sleeves up to your arms, &c.
Present! Shoot! Bang! Fire!!
—Maxey, Northamptonshire (Rev. W. D. Sweeting).
VII. Have you any bread and wine?
We are the English!
Have you any bread and wine?
We are the English soldiers!
No, we have no bread and wine,
We are the Romans!
No, we have no bread and wine,
We are the Roman soldiers!
A quart of ale won’t serve us all, &c.
Take a gallon and go your way, &c.
A gallon of ale won’t serve us all, &c.
We will fetch the magistrate, &c.
We don’t care for the magistrate, &c.
We will fetch the p’liceman, &c.
We don’t care for the p’liceman, &c.
Are you ready for a fight? &c.
Yes, we’re ready for a fight, &c.
—Hanbury, Staffs. (Miss Edith Hollis).
VIII. Have you any bread and wine, bread and wine, bread and wine,
Have you any bread and wine,
For we are English soldiers!
Yes, we have some bread and wine, bread and wine, bread and
wine,
For we are French soldiers!
Will you give us a quarter of it? &c.
No, we won’t give you a quarter of it, &c.
Then we will send the magistrate, &c.
What do we care for the magistrate, &c.
What do we care for the convent dogs, &c.
Are you ready for a fight, &c.
Yes, we are ready for a fight, &c.
—Hurstmonceux, Sussex (Miss E. Chase, 1892).
IX. Have you any bread and wine,
Bread and wine, bread and wine?
Have you any bread and wine,
My Theerie and my Thorie?
Yes, we have some bread and wine, bread and wine, &c.
We shall have one glass of it, one glass of it, &c.
Take one glass and go your way, go your way, &c.
We shall have two glasses of it, two glasses of it, &c.
Take two glasses and go your way, go your way, &c.
[Repeat for three, four, and five glasses of it, then—]
We shall have a bottle of it, a bottle of it, &c.
A bottle of it ye _shall not_ have, ye shall not have, &c.
We will break your glasses all, your glasses all, &c.
We will send for the magistrates, the magistrates, &c.
What care we for the magistrates, the magistrates? &c.
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