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Back and side go bare, go bare, Both foot and hand go cold; But, belly, God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old.

Back and side go bare, go bare, Both foot and hand go cold; But, belly, God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old.

Approximate author period: c. 1575 AD · renaissance

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Bishop Still (John)
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Approximate author period: c. 1575 AD · renaissance
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Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

Gammer Gurton's Needle. Act ii.

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