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Phil Edwards ADD: Oh Good Ale Thou Art My Darling (52* d) RE: Lyr Req: Oh Good Ale Thou Art My Darling 21 May 18

At a singaround last night, I heard a version of Oh Good Ale I hadn't heard before. As well as the "fat landlord" verse, there were verses about giving the singer a drink on his deathbed and burying him under a barrel (compare "Ye Mariners All").

Also, there was a different "Adam's race" verse; instead of specifying "all my friends in Adam's race", in this version the singer pictures himself surrounded by the whole of "Adam's race" after the Day of Judgment, then says

"Another trump I'd have to hear
Before I'd part with you, my dear"
- the last line directed towards his beer glass, of course.

I'd only ever heard the Coppers' version of OGA, and all the versions I can find online (including the 1790 text in "The Banquet of Thalia") are pretty close to it.

Anyone recognise this version?

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