Volume Ii Part 72 (1/2)

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-]