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, Suss.e.x (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 gla.s.s of it, one gla.s.s of it, &c.
Take one gla.s.s and go your way, go your way, &c.
We shall have two gla.s.ses of it, two gla.s.ses of it, &c.
Take two gla.s.ses and go your way, go your way, &c.
[Repeat for three, four, and five gla.s.ses 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 gla.s.ses all, your gla.s.ses all, &c.
We will send for the magistrates, the magistrates, &c.
What care we for the magistrates, the magistrates? &c.
We will send for the policemen, the policemen, &c.
What care we for the policemen, the policemen? &c.
We will send for the red coat men, the red coat men, &c.
What care we for the red coat men, the red coat men? &c.
What kind of men are ye at all, are ye at all? &c.
We are all Prince Charlie"s men, Prince Charlie"s men, &c.
But what kind of men are _ye_ at all, are _ye_ at all? &c.
We are all King George"s men, King George"s men, &c.
Are ye for a battle of it, a battle of it? &c.
Yes, we"re for a battle of it, A battle of it, a battle of it, Yes, we"re for a battle of it, My Theerie and my Thorie.
-Perthshire (Rev. W. Gregor).
X. What men are ye of?
What men are ye of?
What men are ye of?
Metherie and Metharie.
We are of King George"s men, King George"s men, King George"s men, We are of King George"s men, Metherie and Metharie.
We will send for the policemen, &c.
What care we for the policemen? &c.
We will have a bottle of wine, &c.
You shall not have, &c.