On the Roast Beef of Old England,

Oh, the Old English Roast-Beef.

O, the gruel’s delicious, the taters divine—

And our very small beer is uncommonly fine;

But with us we think you would not like to dine,

Without the Roast-Beef of Old England,

Oh, the Old English Roast-Beef!

Our soup’s very good, we really must own.

But of what it is made arn’t very well-known;

So, without any soup we would much rather dine