Si bene commemini, cause sunt quinque bibendi; Hospitis adventus, præsens sitis, atque futura, Aut vini bonitas, aut quælibet altera causa. If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink; Or any other reason why. Attributed to PÈRE SIRMOND by MENAGE and DE LA MONNOYE. See Menagiana. Vol. I. P. 172. Given in ISAAC J. REEVE'S Wild Garland. Vol. II. Trans by HENRY AL 23 DRICH. Let the back and sides go bare, my boys, The Beggar. Old English Folk Song. Version in CECIL SHARPE's Folk-Songs from Somerset. |