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Robin the Bobbin, the big-bellied Ben, He ate more meat than fourscore men; He ate a cow, he ate a calf, He ate a butcher and a half, He ate a church, he ate a steeple, He ate the priest and all the people! |
A cow and a calf, An ox and a half, A church and a steeple, And all the good people, And yet he complained That his stomach wasn't full. |
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Popularly supposed to refer to the rapacious nature of King Henry VIII in seizing Church estates in the 2nd quarter of the 16th century; but may be connected with the great stomach capacity needed to devour a wren so large that a cart is needed to bring it home - see 'We will go to the wood, says Robin to Bobbin'. |
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