Drink boys, drink boys,
Drive away your sorrow!

Drink boys, drink boys,
Drive away your sorrow!

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.

The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

The back-doore robs the house.

The back-doore robs the house.

Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.

Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.

In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.

Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.

Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.