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 Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine,
 Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;
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 Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine,
 Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;
  Custards for supper, and an endless host
   Of syllabubs and jellies and mince-pies,
    And other such ladylike luxuries. 
 O hour, of all hours, the most blesse'd upon earth,
 The bless'd hour of our dinners!  
 O hour, of all hours, the most blesse'd upon earth,
 The bless'd hour of our dinners! 
 "An't it please your Honour," quoth the Peasant,
 "This same Desset is not so pleasant:
  Give me read more 
 "An't it please your Honour," quoth the Peasant,
 "This same Desset is not so pleasant:
  Give me again my hollow Tree,
   A Crust of Bread, and Liberty." 
 For I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will 
hardly mind anything else.  
 For I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will 
hardly mind anything else. 
 When mighty roast beef was the Englishman's food
 It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood--
  Our read more 
 When mighty roast beef was the Englishman's food
 It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood--
  Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good.
   Oh! the roast beef of England.
    And Old England's roast beef. 
They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.
They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.
 I will make an end of my dinner--there's pippins and seese to 
come.  
 I will make an end of my dinner--there's pippins and seese to 
come. 
 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye 
shall eat, or what ye shall read more 
 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye 
shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye 
shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body more 
than raiment? 
Digestive cheese, and fruit there sure will be.
Digestive cheese, and fruit there sure will be.