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

by Alice Bertha Gomme

—Hanbury, Staffs. (Miss Edith Hollis).

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—Wrotham, Kent (Miss D. Kimball).

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We are coming to take your land,
We are the rovers!
We are coming to take your land,
[Though you] are the guardian soldiers!

We don’t care for your men nor you,
[Though you] are the rovers!
We don’t care for your men nor you,
For we are the guardian soldiers!

We will send our dogs to bite,
We are the rovers!
We will send our dogs to bite,
Though you are the guardian soldiers!