Bring Us In Good Ale is a 15th century carol.[1] It is published as the fourth song in Songs for the Philologists in 1936.
The song
Bring Us In Good Ale
Bring us in no browne bred, for þat is made of bran,
Nor bring us in no white bred, for þerin is no gane,
But bring us in good ale!
Bring us in good ale, and bring us in good ale,
For our blessed Lady sake bring us in good ale!
Bring us in no befe, for þere is many bones,
But bring us in good ale, for bat gob downe at ones,
And bring us in good ale!
Bring us in no bacon, for þat is passing fat,
But bring us in good ale, and gife us enough of þat;
And bring us in good ale!
Bring us in no mutton, for þat is often lene,
Nor bring us in no tripes, for þey be seldom clene,
But bring us in good ale!
Bring us in no egges, for þer are many shells,
But bring us in good ale, and gife us noþing elles.
And bring us in good ale!
Bring us in no capons flesch, for þat is often dere,
Not bring us in no dokes flesh, for þey slobber in þe mere;
But bring us in good ale!
References
- ↑ Songs and Carols: Now First Printed from a Manuscripts of the Fifteenth Century (Richards, 1847), p. 63