Old Song Quotes

I'd just as soon a beggar as king,
And the reason I'll tell you for why;
A more

I'd just as soon a beggar as king,
And the reason I'll tell you for why;
A king cannot swagger, not drink like a beggar,
Nor be half so happy as I.
. . . .
Let the back and side go bare.

St. George he was for England; St. Dennis was for France.
Sing, "Honi soit qui mal y pense."

St. George he was for England; St. Dennis was for France.
Sing, "Honi soit qui mal y pense."

The poor man will praise it so hath he good cause,
That all the year eats neither partridge not more

The poor man will praise it so hath he good cause,
That all the year eats neither partridge not quail,
But sets up his rest and makes up his feast,
With a crust of brown bread and a pot of good ale.

There's a skin without and a skin within,
A covering skin and a lining skin,
But the more

There's a skin without and a skin within,
A covering skin and a lining skin,
But the skin within is the skin without
Doubled and carried complete throughout.

Over the hills and o'er the main,
To Flanders, Portugal and Spain,
Queen Anne commands and we'll more

Over the hills and o'er the main,
To Flanders, Portugal and Spain,
Queen Anne commands and we'll obey,
Over the hills and far away.

In good King Charles's golden days
When royalty no harm meant,
A zealous high-churchman was I,
more

In good King Charles's golden days
When royalty no harm meant,
A zealous high-churchman was I,
And so I got preferment.

Gluttony kills more than the sword, and is the kindler of all
evils.
[Lat., Gula plures occidit quam more

Gluttony kills more than the sword, and is the kindler of all
evils.
[Lat., Gula plures occidit quam gladius, estque fomes omnium
malorum.]

When this old cap was new
'Tis since two hundred years.

When this old cap was new
'Tis since two hundred years.

This animal is very malicious; when attacked it defends itself.
[Fr., Cet animal est tres mechant;
Quand more

This animal is very malicious; when attacked it defends itself.
[Fr., Cet animal est tres mechant;
Quand on l'attaque il se defend.]

When Bryan O'Lynn had no shirt to put on,
He took him a sheep skin to make him a' more

When Bryan O'Lynn had no shirt to put on,
He took him a sheep skin to make him a' one.
"With the skinny side out, and the wooly side in,
'Twill be warm and convanient," said Bryan O'Lynn.