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.