[Wilder:]
We're sorry to delay you,
(spoken: "Don't go.")
[Sherwood:]
And pardon us we pray you.
(spoken: "Ah! stay.")
[Wilder:]
Aching limbs and weary feet,
Palates parch'd with dust and heat,
With fatigue we're fit to sink,
Fetch us anything to drink.
[Sherwood:]
Anything to drink,
[Both:]
Anything to drink,
[Wilder:]
Give us drink,
[Sherwood:]
Give us drink,
[Wilder:]
Give us drink,
[Both:]
Have you beer, or ale, or porter,
To make our anguish shorter?
[Wilder:]
Such a thirst,
[Sherwood:]
Such a thirst,
[Wilder:]
at the worst,
[Sherwood:]
at the worst,
[Both:]
We could almost quench with water.
[Dorothy & Lydia:]
We have beer and ale and porter,
To make your anguish shorter.
[Two men:]
Such a thirst,
[Two girls:]
Such a thirst,
[Two men:]
at the worst,
[Two girls:]
at the worst,
[All:]
We can cure without cold water.
[Dorothy:]
Be seated, sirs, we pray you,
(spoken: "Sit down.")
[Lydia:]
We will not long delay you,
(spoken: "Sit down.")
[Dorothy:]
We have food and drink for all,
Here you have the house of call,
Here the food is of the best,
And the drink can stand the test.
[Lydia:]
We have but the best,
[Both:]
We have but the best,
[Dorothy:]
Here is drink,
[Lydia:]
Here is drink,
[Dorothy:]
Here is drink,
[Both:]
We have beer and ale and porter,
To make your anguish shorter.
[Dorothy:]
Such a thirst,
[Lydia:]
Such a thirst,
[Dorothy:]
at the worst,
[Lydia:]
at the worst,
[Both:]
We can cure without cold water.
We have beer and ale and porter,
To make your anguish shorter.
Such a thirst,
[Two men:]
Such a thirst,
[Two girls:]
at the worst,
[Two men:]
at the worst,
[All:]
Can be cured without cold water.