Volume Ii Part 74 (1/2)

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.