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Thread #118835   Message #2572418
Posted By: kendall
21-Feb-09 - 09:19 AM
Thread Name: Obit: The Death of the English Pub.
Subject: RE: Obit: The Death of the English Pub.
Ian Robb wrote a song called The Old Rose and Crown.

...for the landlord behind once a man of good cheer just mumbles the price as he hands you your beer...

..and the worst of it all's what they've done to the beer,
for your shandy's and lager will make you feel queer,
for an arm and a leg they will fill up your glass,
w'e a ha'pint of mixture of ullage and gas....

Oh what has become of the old Rose and Crown, the Ship, the King's Arms and the World upside down, for oak brass and leather and a pint of the best fade away like the sun as it sinks in the west.

Change is inevitable. Resistance to change is also inevitable.