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EATING SONG by ANONYMOUS

First Line: OH! CARVE ME YET ANOTHER SLICE
Last Line: AND NOW IT GIVES MY HEART RELIEF / IN SORROW'S DARKSOME HOUR - TO DINE!
Subject(s): FOOD & EATING;

Oh! carve me yet another slice,
O help me to more gravy still,
There's naught so sure as something nice
To conquer care, or grief to kill.

I always loved a bit of beef,
When Youth and Bliss and Hope were mine;
And now it gives my heart relief
In sorrow's darksome hour—to dine!



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