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
What care we for the policemen, &c.
We will tell the red coat men, &c.
What care we for the red coat men, &c.
We will tell the magistrate, &c.
What care we for the magistrate, &c.
Will you try a fight with us? &c.
Yes, we’ll try a fight with you, &c.
Are you ready for it now? &c.
Yes, we’re ready for it now, &c.
—Perth (Rev. W. Gregor).
XIII. Have you got any bread and wine, bread and wine, bread and
wine?
Have you got any bread and wine?
Come a theory, oary mathorie.
Yes, we have some bread and wine, &c.
We shall have one glass of it, &c.
You shall not have one glass of it, &c.
To what men do you belong? &c.
We are all King George’s men, &c.
To what men do you belong, &c.
We are all King William’s men, &c.
We shall have a fight, then, &c.
—Perth (Rev. W. Gregor).
XIV. Have you any bread and wine,
Ye o’ the boatmen?
Have you any bread and wine,
Ye the drunk and sober?
Yes, we have some bread and wine, &c.
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.
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