This one is something of a masterpiece, putting together inspiration from old and medieval recipes written without any standard spelling and of course a good ol' food origin story. Like,who was the first person to eat some curdled cream and go 'hey that's not half bad!' !?
We answer that here.
lyrics
I gane into th' kitchen of the kinge thise morninge
an' much to mae chagrine I discovre'd most foule
tat th' swete creme of kine which fore this meal desir'd I
hat a-sette 'pon th' ledge an' sune hat turn't hem soure
CH (and what a chorus!):
Taste ye mae swete creme
he hat become soure now
an' t;mae ladye taste hem
an' sae tat I nay jeste
Th' ladye she a taste hem an'finde hem nay sae foule
she saith tak t' ye councillor, hae shall decide wha' t' dae
*CH*
Th' councillor hae taste hem an' find hem interreste
hae saith ye must gae t' th' kinge an' hav hem taste thise
*CH*
Th' kinge hae a taste hem an' find hem nay sae t' offend
an' sente mae t' th' kuche wi' creme
thereupon t' bake hem een pye of soure creme
*CH*
PS- on the chorus it goes
ladye
councillor
kinge
peple
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