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We will have three bottles of wine, &c.
You shall not have, &c.
We will send for Cripple d.i.c.k, &c.
What care we for Cripple d.i.c.k, &c.
We finish off with a battle three, &c.
-Northumberland (from a lady friend of Hon. J. Abercromby).
XI. We shall have a gla.s.s of wine, A gla.s.s of wine, a gla.s.s of wine, We shall have a gla.s.s of wine, Methery I methory.
You shall not have a gla.s.s of wine, A gla.s.s of wine, a gla.s.s of wine, You shall not have a gla.s.s of wine, Methery I methory.
Then we'll break your dishes, then, &c.
Then we'll send for the blue coat men, &c.
What care I for the blue coat men, &c.
Then we'll send for the red coat men, &c.
What care we for the red coat men, &c.
We are all King George's men, &c.
We are all King William's men, &c.
-Auchencairn, Kirkcudbright (Prof. A. C. Haddon).
XII. Have you any bread and wine, bread and wine, bread and wine?
Have you any bread and wine?
Come a theiry, come a thory.
Yes, we have some bread and wine, &c.
Will you give us a gla.s.s of it? &c.
Yes, we'll give you a gla.s.s of it, &c.
Will you give us two gla.s.ses of it? &c.
Yes, we'll give you two gla.s.ses of it, &c.
Will you give us a pint of it? &c.
A pint of it you shall not get, &c.
We will break your window pane, &c.
We will tell the policemen, &c.
What care we for the policemen, &c.
We will tell the red coat men, &c.
What care we for the red coat men, &c.
We will tell the magistrate, &c.
What care we for the magistrate, &c.
Will you try a fight with us? &c.
Yes, we'll try a fight with you, &c.
Are you ready for it now? &c.
Yes, we're ready for it now, &c.
-Perth (Rev. W. Gregor).
XIII. Have you got any bread and wine, bread and wine, bread and wine?
Have you got any bread and wine?
Come a theory, oary mathorie.
Yes, we have some bread and wine, &c.
We shall have one gla.s.s of it, &c.
You shall not have one gla.s.s of it, &c.
To what men do you belong? &c.
We are all King George's men, &c.
To what men do you belong, &c.
We are all King William's men, &c.
We shall have a fight, then, &c.
-Perth (Rev. W. Gregor).
XIV. Have you any bread and wine, Ye o' the boatmen?
Have you any bread and wine, Ye the drunk and sober?
Yes, we have some bread and wine, &c.
