4ADiva, "The Roast Beef of Old England" is from Henry Fielding's play "The Grub-Street Opera", first performed in 1731. "Hard Times of Old England" is from around the time of the Napoleonic Wars, printed on a broadside before 1820 (Bodleian, Harding B 17(321a), "The Tradesman's Complain" ("Draw near brother tradesmen, listen to my song ...") J. Pitts, London, 1802-1819).