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Thread #5512 Message #4186975
Posted By: Lighter
23-Sep-23 - 06:45 PM
Thread Name: Origin: All for Me Grog
Subject: RE: Origin: All for Me Grog
The final stanza:
Had ye but seen the sad plight I was in, Ye'd not seen such a poet amongst twenty. I've nothing that's full, but my shirt and my scull, For my pockets and belly are empty. Fall all de rall, &c.
The 11th ed. of Tea-Table (1750) had the song too, with "Fall all de rall, &c." after each stanza. That's the earliest ed. I have access to, via ECCO - like The Charmer.