In The Singing Game, Iona and Peter Opie have this version:

Romans and English

Have you any bread and wine,
For we are the Romans,
Have you any bread and wine,
For we are the Roman soldiers?

Yes, we have some bread and wine, For we are the English,
Yes, we have some bread and wine, For we are the English soldiers.

Will you give us some of it, For we are the Romans,
Will you give us some of it, For we are the Roman soldiers?

No, we'll give you none of it, For we are the English,
No, we'll give you none of it, For we are the English soldiers.

Then we'll tell our King of you, For we are the Romans,
Then we'll tell our King of you, For we are the Roman soldiers.

What care I for King or you, For we are the English,
What care I for King or you, For we are the English soldiers.

Are you ready for a fight, For we are the Romans,
Are you ready for a fight, For we are the Roman soldiers?

Yes, we're ready for a fight, For we are the English,
Yes, we're ready for a fight, For we are the English soldiers.

A dramatic dialogue between two lines of girls who advance and retreat as they sing alternate verses, 'Romans and English' ends with the only ritualized fight in the repertoire of singing games. In the Workington, 1962, version above, the combatants fight hopping on one foot, trying to push each other off balance. Anyone who puts the other foot down is out. When the fight is over, everybody forms a ring and dances round singing to the tune of 'Nuts in May':

Buckle on your sword and away we go, away we go, away we go
Buckle on your sword and away we go, on a cold and frosty morning

Other versions have English and German soldiers.

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The tune is interesting - definitely NOT "London Bridge," although the last verse sounds like "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush." The first half of the MIDI is the standard tune, and the second half is the final "buckle" verse.

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