 One couplet in the song is adapted from a poem by George Peele, part of his play "The Old Wives' Tale" (printed 1595).Another may be taken from a verse of the Elizabethan-period drinking song "Martin Said To His Man" (or may since have been added to it).The song has been covered several times, notably as "How Do", on the Sneaker Pimps' 1996 album, "Becoming X".