A Grenadier Comes Here
The Little Mother Goose. Jessie Willcox Smith. 1912.
Who comes here?
"A grenadier."
What do you want?
"A pot of beer."
Where is your money?
"I've forgot."
Get you gone,
You can't have a drop.
The Nursery Rhymes of England. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 1886.
Who comes here?
A grenadier.
What do you want?
A pot of beer.
Where is your money?
I've forgot.
Get you gone,
You drunken sot!
The Only True Mother Goose Melodies. Munroe & Francis. 1833.
Who comes here? A Grenadier.
What do you want? A pot of beer.
Where's your money? I forgot.
Got you gone, you drunken sot.
Tags - Relics - Alcohol - Beer - Money - Drunk - Drunkard - Sots - Grenadier -
Origin - Europe - British Isles -