Get ye a copper kettle
And get ye a copper coil
Cover with new-made corn mash....

Feed him eggs and marrow bones
And make him sup them all....

She handed tea and cakes and I ate while I was able
I drank hot punch and tea 'til me side had gone to stitchin'....

A plate of Irish stew he soon put out of sight
He shouted out "Encore" with a roar for some more
That he never felt before such a keen appetite.
He ordered eggs and ham, bread and jam, what a cram....