 I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good ; But sure I think, that I can drink With him that wears a hood : Though I go bare, take ye no care ; I nothing am a-cold : I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old.  Rural Sketches - Page 273by Thomas Miller - 1839 - 358 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1840 - 1078 pages
...our language, which has been thought worth preserving appeared in 1551. It commences as follows, ' I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good...think, that I can drink With him that wears a hood.' The last stanza but one reads ' Now let them drink, till they nod and wink, Even as good fellows should... | |
 | Ralph Barnes Grindrod - 1840 - 542 pages
...Page 73. || Henry's Contin. vol. ii. p. 287. II Vide Warton's History of English Poetry, vol. iii. But sure, I think, that I can drink, With him that...wears a hood. Though I go bare, take ye no care, I nothing am a colde ; I stuff my skin, so full within, Of jolly good ale and olde. CHORUS. Backe and... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1840 - 536 pages
...our language, which has been thought worth preserving appeared in 1551. It commences as follows, ' I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good ; But sure I think, that I can drink Wilh. him that wears a hood.' The last stanza but one reads ' Now let them drink, till they nod and... | |
 | 1840 - 534 pages
...our language, which has been thought worth preserving appeared in 1551. It commences as follows, ' I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good ; But sure I think, that I can drink Wilh him that wears a hood.' The last stanza but one reads ' Now let them drink, till they nod and... | |
 | Ralph Barnes Grindrod - 1840 - 1078 pages
...I can drink, With him that wears a hood. Though I go bare, take ye no care, I nothing am a colde l I stuff my skin, so full within, Of jolly good ale and olde. CHORUS. Backe and side, go bare go bare, Both foot and hand go colde ; But belly, God send thee,... | |
 | 1841 - 474 pages
...with a " chanson a boire," valuable as the first and perhaps the best drinking song in the language. " I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good...wears a hood. Though I go bare, take ye no care I nothing am a colde ; I stuffe my skin so full within Of jolly goode ale and olde. CHOBUS — Back and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...• Gammer Gurton's Ntedle,' about 1.V&] 1 cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good ; Rut ߘu O : I i 6 } y = } l o^> #F- m # Y5 T P cure, I nothing am a-cold ; I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. Back and side... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 490 pages
...bare, Both foot and hand go cold : But belly, God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old, I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good...wears a hood: Though I go bare, take ye no care; I nothing am a-cold : I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. Back and side go bare,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...1558-1649. [Convivial Song, ly Bishop Srifl.] [Fran the play of • Gammer Ourton'i Nec-Jlc,' about 1563.] s discompos'd and (.'lowing cheek, As through unquiet I^nothing am a-cold ; I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. Back and side go bare,... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1847 - 342 pages
...majesty, exchanged a look in which there appeared a wonderful deal of meaning. CHAPTER XI. I can not eat but little meat, My stomach is not good : But...wears a hood. Though I go bare, take ye no care, I nothing am a cold, I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. GAMMER GUHTON'S NEEDLE.... | |
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