Well, the Kipper Family project is winding down. Nothing new for about a week, so I'm thinking of taking a cut. Do people out there want the final result, shall I post it all here, email it to them, et cetera? Anyway, this is my other pet project: The finest album of beer songs ever made is/was The Tale Of Ale -- The Story of the Englishman and his Beer Ummm, Free Reed I think. Sadly, it was supposed to come with a lyric sheet but did not, and I gave up looking a long time ago (anybody have one, Let me Know!) Anyway, here's a list of the songs on the album. '*' is one that I do have lyrics to, "^" is one that I would desperately like to find lyrics to. Anybody??? Oh, and some of the cuts are narrative, not song (I'll mark those with a '!'. This is wonderful stuff, and I would dearly love to put together a lyric sheet with all of these on it. I did see a book in a library once (can't remember where, 41YO, you see) that was a collection of many only ale and beer songs, which is where I picked up a few of these. Anybody know of a book like that?
"The Tale Of Ale : The Story of the Englishman and his Beer"
*Bring Us In Good Ale !Andrew Boorde on ale ^Come Drink To Me *Jolly Good Ale And Old !"He That Buys Land" The Merry Fellows *Soldiers Three Tapster, Drinker *!The Tunnyng Of Elynour Rummyng A Knotte Of Good Fellows !Andrew Boorde on beer ^London's Ordinary !Epitaph ^Of Honest Malt Liquor The Malt's Come Down !Stubbes on drunkenness Good Ale For My Money The Excise Ballad !The Porter scene from Macbeth Peas, Beans, Oats, and the Barley *The Pleasant Ballad Of John Barleycorn Now Harvest Is Over The British Toper *Nottingham Ale !Bickerdyke on temperence ^O Ale Ab Alendo John Barleycorn *Ye Mar'ners All Epitaph/ Poor Tom Is Dead And Gone ^There's Comfort In A Drop Of Gin !The London gin distillery *Don't Go Out Tonight Dear Father !The Drunkard's Looking Glass Ale, Ale, Glorious Ale I Like A Drop Of Good Beer The Carter's Health Hey John Barleycorn Here's A Health To The Mistress !Meux's porter vat ^A Pot Of Porter Oh I've Been To France / Here's A Health Unto Our Master *The Man That Waters The Worker's Beer *October Brew ^John Appleby !Epitaph *Charley Mopps This, Is Our Mistress' Health The British Toper (instrumental) ------ *Bring Us In Good Ale !Andrew Boorde on ale ^Come Drink To Me (a round, and I can only get the first verse wholly, the rest are just scraps) - Come Drink To Me and I will drink to thee Come drink and then shall we full well agree - I have loved the jolly tankard for....???? - He that loves not the tankard is no honest man....??? - Pass the can....????? *Jolly Good Ale And Old (Back and Side Go Bare) !"He That Buys Land" The Merry Fellows He that will not merry merry be in spite of all his ??? ... Let him be merry, merry merry there While we're all merry merry here For who can know where we shall go To be merry another year, brave boys To be merry another year *Soldiers Three We be soldiers three, pardon-em-moi (and more frenchy stuff) Tapster, Drinker Tapster, Drinker, ??? another ale anon God send us good ale... !The Tunnyng Of Elynour Rummyng A Knotte Of Good Fellows Give us more ale and more beer Give us more ale and more beer And if the old (whore?) would wipe ??? the score For money she must go looking !Andrew Boorde on beer ^London's Ordinary (a wonderful long list of the Inns of London) !Epitaph ^Of Honest Malt Liquor Of Honest Malt Liquor let English boys sing A pox on French claret, we'll drink no such thing The Malt's Come Down There's never a maid in all this town That never she knows that malt's come down Malt's come down, malt's come down From an old Angel to a French Crown (anybody know what an Angel is?) !Stubbes on drunkenness Good Ale For My Money Be merry my friends and list a while Unto a merry jest It may produce a from you smile When you hear it expressed ... I can't go home, I won't go home It's ???? I'll tarry all night til morning light Go home in the morning early The Excise Ballad Oh fie upon this excise, 'tis pity it ever was paid It makes good liquor to rise and pulls down many a trade !The Porter scene from Macbeth Peas, Beans, Oats, and the Barley Here's to the man who ploughs at the land Where the Peas, Beans, Oats, and the Barley stand *The Pleasant Ballad Of John Barleycorn (all 34 verses!) *Now Harvest Is Over Now harvest is over and summer is past Here's all in a full glass For she is a good woman and provides us good cheer Here's a health to our mistress, and bring us more beer The British Toper (instrumental) *Nottingham Ale !Bickerdyke on temperance ^O Ale Ab Alendo (another round, this one I have all except last, which I am not quite sure about) - O Ale Ab Alendo thou liquor of life Would that I had a mouth as big as a whale - But mine is too little to sum the least tittle That belongs to the praise of a pot of good ale - But though I will never drink all that I wish Yet still I'll endeavor to drink like a fish John Barleycorn *Ye Mar'ners All Ye Mar'ners All that do pass by Pull in and drink if you are dry Pull in and drink and think nought amiss And pop your nose in a jug of this Epitaph/ Poor Tom Is Dead And Gone ^There's Comfort In A Drop Of Gin While some roar out the ???? And others court sweet lovely Nan For all who ???? to cry cry or grin There's Comfort In A Drop Of Gin !The London gin distillery *Don't Go Out Tonight Dear Father Don't Go Out Tonight Dear Father Think oh think how sad we'll be When the angels come to take her Papa won't be there to see !The Drunkard's Looking Glass Ale, Ale, Glorious Ale Ale, Ale, Glorious Ale Served up in pewter it tells its own tale Some folks likes radishes, some ???? kale? But give I boiled parsnips, and a great dish of taters And a lump of fatty bacon, and a pint of good ale I Like A Drop Of Good Beer I Like A Drop Of Good Beer I Like A Drop Of Good Beer And damn his eyes that ever tries To rob a poor man of his beer The Carter's Health Hey John Barleycorn Hey John Barleycorn, ho John Barleycorn Old and young his praise is sung, John Barleycorn Here's A Health To The Mistress Here's A Health Unto The Mistress The fairest of twenty Oh is she so, is she so, is she so Is your glass full or is your glass empty Come let us know, let us know, let us know, !Meux's porter vat A Pot Of Porter Oh When to old England I came down Fa la la, fa la la la la What joy to see the tankard foam Fa la la, fa la la la la I've Been To France / Here's A Health Unto Our Master *The Man That Waters The Worker's Beer *October Brew (Blann's, in the Digitrad) ^John Appleby John Appleby was an old ??? He lived at the sign of the kettle His wife ??? ... John to the alehouse would go Joan to the gin shop she ran Joan would get drunk with the woman And John would get drunk with the men !Epitaph *Charley Mopps A long time ago, way back in history When all there was to drink was nothin' but cups of tea Along came a man by the name of Charley Mopps And he invented a wonderful drink and he made it out of hops This, Is Our Mistress' Health The British Toper (instrumental)
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