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Bacon was the name of a presumably intrusive host. The lines are said to have "afforded much amusement. "-Lang
At Brownhill we always get dainty good cheer, / And plenty of bacon each day in the year; / We've a' thing that's nice, and mostly in season, / But why always Bacon-come, tell me a reason?