 | 1867 - 530 lehte
...second in point of age. It was written about 1561 by John Still, afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells. I CANNOT eat but little meat ; My stomach is not good...wears a hood. Though I go bare, take ye no care, I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old. Back and side go bare, go bare ; Both foot... | |
 | 1877 - 688 lehte
...Still, the author of a comedy entitled Gammer Gurtoris Needle, in which we find the following lines : ' I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good ; But sure I think that 1 can drink With him that wears a hood.' O tempora, O mores .' What would Sir Wilfrid Lawson, or the... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 lehte
...be moulded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.1 Ibid. BISHOP STILL (JOHN). 1543-1607. I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good...think that I can drink With him that wears a hood. Gammer Gurton's Needle. Act ii.2 Back and side go bare, go bare, Both foot and hand go cold ; But,... | |
 | Henry Thomas Hall - 1868 - 142 lehte
...printed the song, is certainly of an earlier date than the oldest known edition of the play. (1575.)* "I CANNOT eat but little meat, My stomach is not good; But sure, I think that I can drink, With any that wears a hood. Tho' I go bare, take ye no care, I am nothing a cold, I stuff my skin so full... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1887 - 704 lehte
...containing a drinking-song of perennial reputation. The bishop, it would seem, was dyspeptic — ' I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good; But sure I think that I can drink With any that wears a hood. Tho' I go bare, take ye no care, I nothing am a-cold ; I stuff my skin so full... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 lehte
...but lytle mcate, 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. Backe and syde go bare, go bare. Booth... | |
 | Ian Spencer Hornsey - 2003 - 764 lehte
...verse: "/ cannot eate but lytle meate, My stomacke is not good, But sure I thinke that I can drinke With him that wears a hood. Though I go bare, take ye no care, I nothing am a colde, I stuff my skyn so full within. Of July good ale and oide. Chorus Backe and syde go bare, go bare, Booth... | |
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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... 
