Excerpt: The Roast Beef of Old England
"When mighty roast beef was the Englishman's food
It ennobl'd our veins and enriched our blood:
Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good:
Oh! The Roast Beef of Old England,
And Old English Roast Beef."
~Richard Leveridge, 1735
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