...absence and love. HODGSON. DRINKING SONG. 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 am nothing a cold, I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. Back and side go bare,...

...issue from this jovial mansion. At such times But sure I thinke that I can drinke With him that we.ires a hood. Though I go bare take ye no care, I nothing am a colde, • I stuff my skyn so full within, Of joly good ale and olde. Chorus. Backe and syde go bare,...

...so at being revenged. DRINKING SONG. 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 1 go bare, take ye no care, I am nothing a cold, I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and...

...to a convivial and ungodlie ballad. 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 n. 1 ATH. Oxox. i. 73. * [Corrected by Ritson to the year Though I go bare, take ye no care, I nothing...

...versification. THE JOLLY ALE-DRINKER. 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:...I go bare, take ye no care, I nothing am a cold. I stuff my skin so full within, With jolly good ale and old. Back and sides go bare, go bare, Both foot...

...versification. THE JOLLY ALE-DRINKER. 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:...I go bare, take ye no care, I nothing am a cold. I stuff my skin so full within, With jolly good ale and old. Back and sides go bare, go bare, Both foot...

...such times the street is lined with listeners, who enjoy a delight equal to that of gazing ' into a Though I go bare take ye no care, . . I nothing am a colde, I stuff my skyn so full within•.•i . Of joly good ale and olde. i. ...... - •' ' ••...

...and which appeared in the year 1551.* I cannot eat out 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 colde ; I stuffe my skin so full within, Of jolly goode ale and olde. Backe and side go bare, go bare,...

...RHYMES IN PRAISE OF GOOD ALE. " I cannot eat a store of meat, Nor covet aught of food j I I'll sure I think that I can drink With him that wears a hood. Though I go bare, take ye no care, Nothing am I a cold ; I stuff my skin so well within Of jolly good ale and old. Then limbs and sides...

...but lytle meate, My stomacke is not good, But sure I thinke that I can drinke With him that weares a hood. Though I go bare take ye no care, I nothing am a colde, I stuff my skyn so full within, Of joly good ale and olde. Chorus. Back and syde go bare, go...