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KING OF THE BARBARIE |
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We'll go to the King, we'll go 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.
Don't care for the Queen, don't care for the Queen, The Queen of Barbaree.
Good morning, young Queen, good morning, young Queen, I have a complaint to thee.
Pray what is your complaint to me ?
They won't surrender, they won't surrender The Tower of Barbaree.
Take one of my brave soldiers.
—Lady Camilla Gurdon's Suffolk County Folk-lore, p. 63.
IV. You must surrend' me, you must surrend' me
To the Queen of Barbaloo.
No, we'll not surrend' you, no, we'll not surrend' you To the Queen of Barbaloo.
We'll complain, we'll complain, &c. [To the Queen of Barbaloo.]
You can complain, you can complain, &c.
[To the Queen of Barbaloo.]
—Penzance (Mrs. Mabbott).
(b) Two children stand together joining hands tightly, to personate a fortress; one child stands at a distance from these to personate the King of Barbarie, with other children standing behind to personate the soldiers (fig. 1). Some of the soldiers |
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