{"id":3228,"date":"2015-02-09T16:54:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T20:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=3228"},"modified":"2015-02-09T16:55:21","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T20:55:21","slug":"contemplations-old-and-new-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=3228","title":{"rendered":"Contemplations Old and New"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donated by Joe Brown<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Jolly Good Ale and Old<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Still\" target=\"_blank\">John Still (1543-1608)<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nI CANNOT eat but little meat,\u2014<br \/>\nMy stomach is not good;<br \/>\nBut, sure, I think that I can drink<br \/>\nWith him that wears a hood.<br \/>\nThough I go bare, take ye no care;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5<br \/>\nI nothing am a-cold,\u2014<br \/>\nI stuff my skin so full within<br \/>\nOf jolly good ale and old.<br \/>\n<em>Back and side go bare, go bare;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Both foot and hand go cold;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10<br \/>\n<em>But, belly, God send thee good ale enough,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Whether it be new or old!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I love no roast but a nut-brown toast,<br \/>\nAnd a crab laid in the fire;<br \/>\nA little bread shall do me stead,\u2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15<br \/>\nMuch bread I not desire.<br \/>\nNo frost, nor snow, nor wind, I trow,<br \/>\nCan hurt me if I wold,\u2014<br \/>\nI am so wrapt, and thorowly lapt<br \/>\nOf jolly good ale and old.<br \/>\n<em>Back and side, etc.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20<\/p>\n<p>And Tyb, my wife, that as her life<br \/>\nLoveth well good ale to seek,<br \/>\nFull oft drinks she, till you may see<br \/>\nThe tears run down her cheek;<br \/>\nThen doth she trowl to me the bowl,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 25<br \/>\nEven as a malt-worm should;<br \/>\nAnd saith, \u201cSweetheart, I took my part<br \/>\nOf this jolly good ale and old.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Back and side, etc.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now let them drink till they nod and wink,<br \/>\nEven as good fellows should do;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30<br \/>\nThey shall not miss to have the bliss<br \/>\nGood ale doth bring men to;<br \/>\nAnd all poor souls that have scoured bowls,<br \/>\nOr have them lustily trowled,<br \/>\nGod save the lives of them and their wives,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 35<br \/>\nWhether they be young or old!<br \/>\n<em>Back and side go bare, go bare;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Both foot and hand go cold;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But, belly, God send thee good ale enough,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Whether it be new or old!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 40<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donated by Joe Brown Jolly Good Ale and Old John Still (1543-1608) I CANNOT eat but little meat,\u2014 My stomach is not good; But, sure, I think that I can drink With him that wears a hood. Though I go bare, take ye no care;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 I nothing am a-cold,\u2014 I stuff my skin so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1018,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3228","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3228"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3231,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3228\/revisions\/3231"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}