The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2) / With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.

by Alice Bertha Gomme

We won’t surrender, we won’t surrender
To the King of the Barbarines.

We’ll make you surrender, we’ll make you surrender
To the King of the Barbarines.

You can’t make us surrender, you can’t make us surrender
To the King of the Barbarines.

We’ll go to the King, we’ll go to the King,
To the King of the Barbarines.

You can go to the King, you can go to the King,
To the King of the Barbarines.

—Clapham, Surrey (Miss F. D. Richardson).

III.

Will you surrender, will you surrender
The Tower of Barbaree?

We won’t surrender, we won’t surrender
The Tower of Barbaree.

We will go and tell the Queen,
Go and tell the Queen of Barbaree.