Part 3 — CI.
Reading edition
Another rough game is:—
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Two man a road, Cromanty boy, Two man a road, fight for you lady! Two man a road, down town picny, Two man a road, fight for you lady! Two man a road, Cromanty win oh! Two man a road, Cromanty win.
A line of girls stretches along each side of the road and in front of them stand the two combatants armed with sticks. One is a Coromanti (one of the African tribes) and the other a Kingston or down-town boy. "Fight for your ladies" cry the respective lines to their champions. Whoever can disable the other and snatch one of his girls across the road is the winner. A mock doctor comes to bind up the wounds.