  In the days of good Queen Bess How sad it is we must confess That the English ate their food In a fashion very rude. Great William Shakespeare like the rest And Walter Raleigh richly dressed Both ate their meat just with a knife— The same they used to settle strife. 'Twas the Italians who first made The useful fork which surely paid Its wise inventors who could eat Of sauces and most juicy meat And never have to wash their hands |
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