A Little Bit Of Bread And No Cheese Meaning

Example : 1896, Edward Marston, By meadow and stream: pleasant memories of pleasant places  It is delightful to hear the yellowhammer's song — his only song : "A little bit of bread and no cheese."1937, Lovely places I remember (in The Rotarian, volume 50, number 2, February 1937)  "A little bit of bread and no cheese!" cry the yellowhammers petulantly. But no one takes any notice of them.