"Cuccu, cuccu, well singes thu, cuccu,
Ne cease thu never nu.
Sing cuccu, nu, sing, cuccu,
Sing cuccu, sing cuccu nu!"
Next came a quaint request from a sturdy throat which delighted
especially those at the lower tables:--
"Brynge us home good ale, sir, brynge us home good ale.
And for our der lady love, brynge us home good ale.
Brynge us home no beff, sir, for that ys full of bonys,
But brynge us home good ale inowgh, for I love wyle that.
Brynge us home no mutton, sir, for that ys togh and lene,
Brynge us home no veal, sir, for that will not due--
But brynge us home good ale inogh to drynke by the fyr."
These verses done with, a bold spirit from Oxford arose at one of the
lower tables and launched forth the famous students' drinking song--a
parody on the Latin hymn "Alleluia."