Volume Ii Part 70 (2/2)

Though you are the guardian soldiers!

Yes, we are ready for a fight, Though you're the rovers!

Yes, we are ready for a fight, For we are the guardian soldiers!

-Ellesmere (_Shrops.h.i.+re Folk-lore_, p. 518).

II. We have come for a gla.s.s of wine, We are the Romans!

We have come for a gla.s.s of wine, We are King William's soldiers!

We won't serve you with the wine, We are the Romans!

We won't serve you with the wine, We are King William's soldiers!

We will set our dogs to watch, We are the Romans!

We will set our dogs to watch, We are King William's soldiers!

We don't care for you and your dogs, We are the Romans!

We don't care for you and your dogs, We are King William's soldiers!

We will set our police to watch, We are the Romans!

We will set our police to watch, We are King William's soldiers!

We don't care for you and your police, We are the Romans!

We don't care for you and your police, We are King William's soldiers!

Are you ready for a fight?

We are the Romans!

Are you ready for a fight?

We are King William's soldiers!

We are ready for a fight, We are the Romans!

We are ready for a fight, We are King William's soldiers!

-Wrotham, Kent (Miss D. Kimball).

III. Will you have a gill of ale?

We are the Romans!

Will you have a gill of ale?

For we are the Roman soldiers!

A gill of ale won't serve us all, We are the Englis.h.!.+

A gill of ale won't, &c., For we are the English soldiers!

Take a pint and go your way, We are, &c. [As above.]

A pint of ale won't serve us all, We are, &c.

Take a quart and go your way, We are, &c.

A quart of ale won't serve us all, We are, &c.

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