"Brynge us home good ale, sir, brynge us home good ale.
And for our der lady love, brynge us home good ale.
Brynge us home no beff, sir, for that ys full of bonys,
But brynge us home good ale inowgh, for I love wyle that.
Brynge us home no mutton, sir, for that ys togh and lene,
Brynge us home no veal, sir, for that will not due—
But brynge us home good ale inogh to drynke by the fyr."
These verses done with, a bold spirit from Oxford arose at one of the lower tables and launched forth the famous students' drinking song—a parody on the Latin hymn "Alleluia."
It came as a not unapt reply to the request of the thirsty soul:—
"You will see